Blog Posts in November, 2012
Posted on Nov 26, 2012
We all open and close doors multiple times per day. How much thought do you give to the functions and operation of the doors you pass through? Significant injuries can occur if doors are defective, ...
Continue reading "Door Defects & Door Related Injury Claims - A Guided Tour to Manual Doors & Door Hardware" »
Posted on Nov 25, 2012
Mike Panish receives weekly calls from attorneys about injuries sustained from an automatic door malfunction. The call usually begins with a scenario much like, "My client, who is almost eighty ...
Continue reading "The Ins and Outs of Automatic Doors - Automatic Door Injuries" »
Posted on Nov 16, 2012
Mike Panish is currently involved in 30 door injury cases involving all types of doors, including swinging, sliding, revolving, sectional, manual, and overhead doors. His case load as a door expert ...
Continue reading "Automatic Door Injury Lawsuits" »
Posted on Nov 15, 2012
Over the past several months, Mike Panish has been asked to determine whether door hardware and components (door closers, panic hardware, locks) had been changed after the date of injury on numerous ...
Continue reading "Spoliation of Evidence?" »
Posted on Nov 15, 2012
Yet another informative article by Michael Panish, Construction Expert Witness. Mike Panish, uses examples from three different contractor fraud lawsuits where he was the retained expert to ...
Continue reading "CONTRACTOR FRAUD - Don't Become a VICTIM !" »
Posted on Nov 14, 2012
Mike Panish is currently involved in numerous cases pertaining to hotel injuries resulting from architectural millwork failures. Some of these cases involve improperly attached hotel room fixtures ...
Continue reading "Hotel Injuries from improperly attached hotel room fixtures" »
Posted on Nov 14, 2012
Mike Panish has just published a new article about the importance of using safety equipment when using power tools, hand tools, and other equipment. This is a very informative article about how to ...
Continue reading "SAFETY EQUIPMENT & PROTECTIVE GEAR - The Right Equipment Can Save Your Life!" »
Posted on Nov 13, 2012
Mike has been retained as premises security expert witness in over a dozen Elder Abuse, Assault, and Criminal cases to investigate and testify to premises security conditions. Were the premises safe ...
Continue reading "Elder Abuse Premises Security Expert - Mike Panish" »
Posted on Nov 8, 2012
Mike Panish has published a new article with advice to insurance carriers with regard to door injury claims that they are involved in or defending. When you have a claim involving a door related ...
Continue reading "Door Injury Cases - Pertaining to the Insurance Carrier" »
Posted on Nov 6, 2012
"Manual door closers are ubiquitous. We take advantage of their service on a daily basis without usually noticing that they are in place or that they are doing their job correctly. It is when ...
Continue reading "MANUAL DOOR CLOSERS - Do you have an Open & Shut Case?" »
Posted on Nov 5, 2012
On July 28, 2007, plaintiff Bennie Garcia, 89, fell while exiting a Corpus Christi medical offices building owned by Christus Spohn Health System. She fractured her hip. Garcia sued Christus Spohn, ...
Continue reading "$ 6.4 million Verdict - Woman blamed automatic door for fall that fractured her hip" »