Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012
Door closer injuries are frequent. Mike Panish has been involved as an expert witness in dozens of door closer cases throughout the United States. He has been retained and designated as expert for ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2012
Mike Panish has been frequently retained and the designated expert for serious injuries and head trauma resulting from architectural millwork falling on patrons in hotels, casinos, and other public ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2012
An architect draws plans for a hotel remodel. The architect provides drawings for built-in guestroom desks and cabinetry. The plans are sent out to bid and a local cabinetry shop is awarded the ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012
A young family was dining in a Mexican restaurant in San Diego, California. The mother and 4 year old daughter decided to visit the ladies room. The woman pulled the swing door to the ladies and ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2012
An 86 year old woman was walking into a market in California with the assistance of her walker. She approached the automatic swinging door marked ENTRANCE and the door opened. She began to slowly pass ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012
Mike Panish has been retained by Plaintiff, Defense, and Cross Defense for lawsuits involving cruise ship door injuries. Some of his cases have involved injuries that have occurred while a patron was ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2012
Mike Panish is frequently retained as the door expert witness by attorneys who need assistance either prosecuting a case or defending a case involving doors, doorways, and door hardware issues. He is ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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" »
Posted on Oct 30, 2012
Visit this link to see an updated listing of CASES that Mike Panish has been involved in. They include all aspects of construction defects and injuries, door defects and injuries, architectural ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2012
Michael Panish custom fabricates courtroom trial exemplars & models for personal injury cases and defect cases. These displays and exemplars are available in miniature form or full size models. ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2012
Due to the serious devastation created by hurricane Sandy, many thousands of insurance claims will be submitted for the building losses suffered. Michael Panish has offered his services to help wind ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2012
Michael Panish has just published a new article about Mechanical Fasteners, and it can be viewed at this link. Mike Panish has had extensive experience with installations of products such as ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2012
While evaluating your next door related injury case, it is essential that you have a full understanding of the various layers of responsibility that may play a role in the path leading to the door ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2012
On Dec. 16, 2007, a 92 year old woman, who suffers from dementia, was asleep in her bed at a residential care facility for the elderly, when she was awakened by a cook at the facility who was on top ...
Continue reading "Rape in a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly - What security measures could and should the facility have had in place to protect their patient's safety?" »
Posted on Oct 23, 2012
One of the most common types of expert related calls that Mike Panish receives pertains to some sort of door injury. Door injuries caused by automatic pedestrian doors manual doors or garage doors ...
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