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Elevator & Escalator Expert Witness Case Study

Expert Witness Blog

In the case of White v. TK Elevator Corporation , No. 2:21-cv-01696 (D. Nev. Jan. 29, 2025), the testimony of an Elevator & Escalator Expert Witness played a crucial role in evaluating allegations of negligence and failure to maintain elevator equipment, following a mechanical malfunction that exposed a hotel employee to toxic fumes. Background of the Case Nathan White, a security guard at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, responded to a smoke alarm from an elevator brake room in 2019.

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Economic Warfare Escalates: EU Strikes Russian Oil Revenues Amid Battlefield Tensions

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the July 18, 2025 update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), detailing key developments across both military and geopolitical fronts in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. Ukrainian forces continue to press counteroffensives in the south while Russian troops gain ground near Pokrovsk and Sumy.

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Why Closing Prisons — Even Bad Ones — Is Complicated

The Marshall Project

From Minnesota to California, deciding whether to shutter even deteriorating prisons stirs complex reactions and conflicting political and economic theories.

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