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Eduard C Badiu PhD, P.E. at your service starting May 01, 2023 in Prescott, Arizona.
Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs: 300+

The Science of Earthquakes and FL-TF2’s earthquake response to Puerco Rico in 2020.

Employment Opportunities - Workshops - Meet and Greet at FAU - Florida Atlantic University Student Union

Lets get together January 23 -26, 2023 in Orlando FL!
CeBB - Event GOLD SPONSOR

This is the day to honor and remember all the brave men and women and innocent people who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001.
Always good to see my friends and colleagues, Diana Matty, Lenny Collins and Patryk Mierjewski at the https://www.wpb911stairclimb.com/

The West Palm Beach Fire Department 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is a way to honor and remember all the lives lost on September 11, 2001.

Each participant pays tribute to lives lost by climbing the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center.

By this time next year, Citizens Property Insurance policyholders and assignees of benefits could see their claims disputes decided, not in county or circuit courts, but by administrative judges who work for a Florida state agency.

The Citizens Board of Governors on Wednesday voted to move ahead with a policy endorsement that would allow the insurer or the insured to send claims disputes to the state Division of Administrative Hearings, known as DOAH. Both parties would not need to agree to the DOAH venue.
Read, listen to the article online at INSURANCE JOURNAL

Eduard C Badiu PhD, P.E. at your service starting September 01, 2022 in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs: 300+

20 Years experienced Expert Witness, cause of origin, extent of damage, proper method of repair Variety of Perils: Hail, Wind, Fire, Flood, Accidental Discharge of Water, Soil Settlement, etc. Insurance Claims Property Damage Evaluations.

One year ago, I got a telephone call from an engineer, Eduard Badiu. It was a little after 6 a.m., and his call woke me up. He called to tell me that people would need my help because a terrible tragedy happened with a condominium collapsing. His voice was afraid. He told me he was on a special task force and was going to the loss.
Before I write anything more about anybody, first responders are our heroes.

MERLIN LAW GROUP - Our firm’s point of emphasis this year has been to get case resolutions faster. Cases that drag on are usually not good for policyholders—even the insurance company ends up paying a lot in attorney’s fees and costs that could have gone for settlement. But the only policyholders that are going to get a full settlement are those with attorneys who will try cases.

the Western High School Stem Academy – Robotics & Solar Car Engineering Team at the 2021-2022 Freight Frenzy at Florida FIRST Tech Challenge Championship on Friday, March 4th and Saturday March 5th, 2022 at Advent Health Fieldhouse (https://www.centralfloridasports.com/facility/advent-health-2/) located at 210 Cypress Gardens Boulevard, Winter Haven FL 33880
https://www.thewiredcats.com/

Members of Florida's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 and 2 were recognized Tuesday for their dedication and bravery while responding to last year's condominium collapse in Surfside.
"The emotional toll that some of these women and men went through led to some early retirements. Humans are just not built to see the horrible things these men and women dealt with."
Since the collapse, which killed 98 people, task force members like Frank Garcia said they still struggle with what they saw.
Courage - Integrity - Respect - Unity

A Boca Raton couple was awarded $107,000 in a dispute with their insurer over damage to their home.
In March 2019, plaintiff Alyssa Lerner and her husband, plaintiff Jeffrey Lerner, discovered that a leak had damaged their home, which was located in Boca Raton. The leak was a result of damage of the home’s roof. The Lerners suspected that the damage had been created on Sept. 10, 2017, when Hurricane Irma struck the Boca Raton area. The Lerners sought reimbursement from their insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., but the claim was denied.
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Insurer: Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

In the Circuit Court of the 20th Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County Florida, during the Jury Trial In the matter of Robert & Barbara Kircher vs Avatar Property & Casualty Insurance Company.
Case Number: 18-CA-001558

In the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County Florida, during the Jury Trial In the matter of Mirko & Gloria Gross vs Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Company, The jury awarded a Plaintiff’s Verdict.
Case Number: 2018-042803-CA-01

The Members of Florida Task Force 2 are heading home after 29 days of search, rescue and recovery efforts at the site of the Surfside Champlain Tower Condo collapse (Video courtesy of WSVN/TV7)

The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System (the System), established under the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1989, is a framework for organizing federal, state and local partner emergency response teams as integrated federal disaster response task forces.

Since 1991, the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue Team (FL-TF2) has been serving the national community in times of need.

serves as First Responder, Structural Specialist with DHS-FEMA Florida Task Force 2 and as a Subject Matter Expert with Technical Rescue Team with Broward County Sheriff’s Office – Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency Services, responding frequently to Nationally/Federally and locally declared emergencies.

As such, his presence is required sometimes imminently or in a very short notice (6 hours), which takes precedence over normally scheduled appearance as an Expert Witness in a legal matter, then subject Appraisals, Arbitrations, Umpire Meetings, Depositions, Mediations, Pre-Trial Hearings, Trial Hearings and Trial Testimony shall be re-scheduled.