As the realization dawns on just how close QF32 came to disaster, attention has quickly turned to Rolls-Royce, the world's second-largest jet engine maker, and whether vital warnings signs had been missed. What experts believe can be learnt from QF32 is the need for manufacturers, airlines and regulators to be willing to change their practices in step with the development of new aircraft.

Banking experts may opine on mortgage banking, banking regulations, banking industry standards and more. Here, marketwatch.com reports that two banks in California, Western Commercial Bank in Woodland Hills and First Vietnamese American Bank in Westminster were shut down Friday.

For people with preexisting medical conditions, looking for health insurance in the private market may feel like the ultimate fool's errand. A 2009 report by the Commonwealth Fund found that 36% of people who tried to buy insurance in the private market were denied coverage or charged more because of a preexisting condition or had the condition excluded from their coverage. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and drug and alcohol dependency are certain to be automatically rejected by insurers ? and even people who have minor conditions may find the search for an insurance plan tricky.

Worklife A statistical average of the number of years a person will be working. It factors out the probability of death, sickness, child rearing, and leaving the labor force.

A University of California researcher says that the findings of a new study provide proof that zinc-based Zicam nasal products, which were recalled last year, may cause some people to lose their sense of smell. The research was published in this month?s issue of the medical journal Archives of Otolaryngology ? Head & Neck Surgery. Dr. Terence M. Davidson, who has served as an expert witness in litigation involving zinc nasal gels, authored the study which is the first to find a causal link between Zicam and loss of smell, a condition known as anosmia

Judge Victoria Chaney will rule decide Thursday whether the case Tellez v. Dole Food Co. has merit. Experts testified in a similar case last year which Chaney through out after testimony that plaintiffs pretended to have been workers on Dole banana farms in the 1970s and faked lab tests to show they were rendered sterile by pesticides.

HISTORIC LOSS (?Back-pay?) This period is from time of incident to date of trial. Wage growth rates could be used but no discounting. Adjustment for promotions, "lost-chance" damages: Backpay may be increasedto take into account promotions the employee was likely to have received. [See Bishop v. Gainer (7th Cir. 2001) 272 F.3d 1009, 1015-1016].

Chemtura Corp., a bankrupt chemical maker, won dismissal of a $9 billion claim from a group that sought damages for infertility and other health problems linked to a flame retardant. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in Manhattan said in court April 8th that the nonprofit public-interest group, Council for Education and Research on Toxics, or CERT, lacks standing to bring a claim in the case because it isn?t a creditor, and it made the claim too late.