Expert witness – slip and fall
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If you rely on slip resistance testing to evaluate the safety of a floor, one question matters more than any other: Can the test be trusted to give the same answer every time? That question—precision and repeatability—is at the heart of a new video we’ve just released. In Courtrooms – Precision Matters! The Problem: Inconsistent…
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At Safety Direct America, our mission has always been simple: make floors safer using the most reliable, scientifically supported methods available. That mission—and the decades of work behind it—has now been recognized in a recent feature by CEO Monthly. 👉 Read the full article here:https://ceomonthly.com/engineering-safer-surfaces-how-safety-direct-america-is-redefining-slip-prevention/ A Recognition of Real-World Impact Slip-and-fall accidents remain one of…
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At Safety Direct America, our mission has always been simple: help prevent slips and falls by accurately measuring and improving the slip resistance of floors. For many years, professionals in the United States have struggled with a major problem in the field of floor safety. Despite the enormous number of slip and fall incidents that…
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There’s a hard truth in the litigation world that most jurors—and many attorneys—never stop to consider: If someone makes a full-time living as an “expert witness,” what exactly are they an expert in? In many cases, the honest answer is this: they’re experts at being expert witnesses. Not practitioners.Not innovators.Not researchers advancing their field.Professional testifiers.…
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Slip-and-fall litigation in the United States has developed a striking scientific divide. In courtroom after courtroom, defense experts rely on the English XL Variable Incidence Tribometer or the Brungraber Mark IIIB to generate a coefficient of friction and then testify that the floor “met industry standards.” The testimony is presented as scientific, objective, and dispositive.…
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🚿 Slippery Hotel Bathrooms Are a Serious Safety Risk — Here’s the Best Solution Bathrooms — especially hotel showers and bathtubs — can be deceptively dangerous. From polished marble to smooth tile, wet surfaces quickly become slick, increasing the risk of injury for guests. In fact, bathroom slip-and-fall incidents are both common and costly. SparkleTuff™…
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Unfortunately, because the USA is a highly litigious society with personal injury attorney billboards littering every roadway across the land, there has emerged three distinct camps of “floor slip resistance testing experts” here. The first two are filled with industry participants who make the slip and fall situation worse – getting innocent people killed and…
