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Tree Safety Expert
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Ivan Katzer
Master
Arborist
816-765-4241
ivankatzer@arboristconsultant.net
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Expert tree consultants and tree safety experts are used by municipalities, utility companies, insurance professionals, the courts and attorneys in such specialties as Personal Injury, Property Damage, Construction Law, Environmental Law, and Real Estate.
Some Areas of Service include:
• Electrocution, Utility Pole and Power Line Issues
• Utility Easement and Right of Way Complaints
• Line of Sight and other Tree Safety Issues
• Tree Accidents Investigation and Accident Reconstruction
• Personal Injury related to Tree Defects and Tree
Safety
• Parks and other Public Areas
• Tree Property Value and Plant Damage Assessment
• Tree Appraisal and Valuation of Landscape Plants
• Tree Inspections and Risk Assessment
• Tree and Neighbor Law Issues: Border and Boundary Line Tree Disputes
• Issues of Negligent or Intentional Trespass and Property Damage
• Insurance Claim Investigation
• Lightning / Storm Damage Evaluation
• Tree Preservation During Construction
• Loss to Eminent Domain Taking
• Litigation Support
• Expert Witness Testimony
Example Tree Safety Case: A homeowner had occasionally employed the assistance of a worker to help with various odd jobs on several of his properties. One day he directed the worker to climb a ladder and cut off several branches hanging into the street. The worker fell from the ladder and suffered significant physical injury. The recovery process was long and the worker was unable to engage in regular physical activity. He had no source of income. My assignment was to reconstruct the accident,
determine the cause of the fall and evaluate the tree
safety issues. It was determined that the work was carried out in a manner that did not comply with generally accepted standards of care and
tree safety. While engaged in tree care activities on a ladder, OSHA standards require the individual be secured against a fall. The tree accident was preventable.
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Electric
Utility,
Negligent
Trespass, Landscape
Installation, Eminent
Domain
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