But the test itself is risky business. It requires that the well be sealed off temporarily with a snug, specially constructed capping stack that was latched onto the top of the well on Monday. And much like a thumb in a hole-studded garden hose, the cap could push oil out of any cracks that might exist in the well.

That scenario, in turn, could cause oil to seep upward and begin gushing from the sea bed, potentially turning the well into a ragged crater.  “That is THE worst case scenario,” said Iraj Ershaghi, a petroleum engineering expert at the University of Southern California. “Nobody has the technology to handle that.”

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When a hemorrhage occurs in the brain, Leestma says, "scavenger cells" take over to try and clean it up.  Leetsma says its difficult to say how long each have been there.  "Those cells can be present for years or longer they seem to get trapped there and that's the end," says Dr. Jan Leestma, forensic neuropathology consultant.  Leestma also says many people both adults and children, don't know they have hemorrhages right away.

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Finance professor Anjan Thakor testified as an expert witness for the government Tuesday in the resentencing of former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio, who is serving a six-year prison term for illegal insider trading.

Thakor said Nacchio illegally gained as much as $32.9 million from the insider stock sales for which he was convicted in 2007, according to court documents. The gain amount — the portion of the proceeds that can be attributed to the nonpublic information Nacchio based his stock sales on — is a key sentencing factor.

• If 90 percent of Americans buckle up, more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries annually can be prevented (source: car-accidents.com).

• For maximum protection, safety belts should be fastened before traveling any distance or speed. Seventy-five percent of crash deaths and injuries occur within 25 miles of home. More than half of all injury-producing motor vehicle crashes involve low speeds under 40 m.p.h. (source: James Madison University).

• Adults who don't buckle up are sending children a deadly message that it is alright not to wear a seat belt. Children model adult behavior. Research shows that if a driver is unbuckled, 70 percent of the time children riding in that vehicle won't be buckled either (source: NHTSA).

• Despite terrible traffic problems such as aggressive driving, increasing seat belt use is still the single most effective thing we can do to save lives and reduce injuries on Americas roadways (source: NHTSA). Sixty-three percent of people killed in car accidents were not wearing seatbelts (car-accidents.com).

Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange, (CURE) is a not-for-profit reciprocal exchange headquartered in Princeton, N.J. Founded in 1990 by New Jersey Insurance Commissioner James J. Sheeran and award-winning insurance expert, Dr. Lena Chang.

• Failure to buckle up contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior. Every hour someone dies in America simply because they didn't buckle up (source: NHTSA).

• Safety belt use is one of the best defenses against the unpredictable actions of drunk drivers (source: James Madison University).

Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange, (CURE) is a not-for-profit reciprocal exchange headquartered in Princeton, N.J. Founded in 1990 by New Jersey Insurance Commissioner James J. Sheeran and award-winning insurance expert, Dr. Lena Chang.

In Pennsylvania, a medical expert's opinion that a worker has fully recovered can be based on sufficient evidence even if the expert has not personally physical examined the worker.

Case name: Stancell v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (LKI Group, LLC), No. 1901 C.D. 2009 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 03/10/10).

Ruling: The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed the grant of the employer's termination petition.

What it means: In Pennsylvania, an employer seeking to terminate benefits has the burden of presenting competent medical testimony that the worker has fully recovered. A medical expert's opinion that a worker has fully recovered can be based on sufficient evidence even if the expert has not personally physical examined the worker.

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In American Honda Motor Co. v. Allen, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that when an expert’s opinion is critical to class certification, a district court must conclusively rule on any challenge to the expert’s qualifications or submissions, performing a full Daubert analysis if necessary, before ruling on a class certification motion. American Honda is the latest in a series of Seventh Circuit cases to emphasize the rigorous fact, and often merit-based analysis district courts must undertake before ruling on a class certification motion. It is also consistent with, and expands upon, the developing law in other circuits. See, e.g., In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litig., 553 F.3d 305 (2d Cir. 2008) (vacating order granting class certification where district court did not adequately consider expert opinions).

Cook, who was on parole for a prior DUI conviction at the time of the crash, told police he "blanked out" at the wheel after a night of drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. He denied having stolen a 2003 white Acura from a friend's girlfriend earlier that morning.

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