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Hospitality is about Relationships!
Hospitality is about Relationships! Hospitality is many different things to many different people. It is devoting the time to take someone’s jacket or pull out someone’s chair. It is asking Mrs. Jones how her child did at soccer camp and wishing Mr. Smith best of luck...
Please do not bring food into the restroom !
Restaurant Expert Witness - Howard Cannon "Please do not bring food into the restroom." That is something that we should not have to tell people! It is something you should know! Recently, a person was injured after slipping and falling in a restroom at a buffet style...
Are the Restaurants that you frequent safe?
Are the Restaurants you frequent safe? According to Restaurant Expert Witness Howard Cannon, the Restaurant Industry is America's most important industry. Think about it; many of our most important happenings occur in restaurants. When you take that and add it to the...
Slips and Falls
I’m looking forward to speaking at NAPLA 2025 CLE, where I’ll be diving into what makes slip-and-fall cases in the restaurant industry unique—and why those differences matter. With experience in more than 350 litigated and 350 pre-litigation cases across state and...
It’s all about what you are made of…Restaurant Expert Witness
Above all, Restaurant Expert Witness, Howard Cannon provides restaurant expert witness services and litigation support. For instance, expert witness testimony, opinions and reports, as it pertains to coffee burns, alcohol liability and dram shop...
Eight people per day die in America’s restaurants and bar!
Eight people per day die in America’s restaurants and bars. Before this calendar year is out, thousands will be dead, and literally tens of thousands more will be severely injured, harmed, sickened, or maimed from a record-setting number of incidents and accidents...
Millions of dollars are paid in coffee burn lawsuits per year!
Knowing the industry standards of service is of vital importance to winning your coffee burn case. For more information on all the standards needed to win your case call Howard Cannon 800.300.5764
99 Signs of Visible Intoxication Reference Guide
Recognizing the signs of visible intoxication is critical for anyone serving alcohol. Needless to say, alcohol consumption is a very serious subject and in many cases has very serious repercussions. Sharing this information and reminding staff of the importance of...
How to Prevent Slip & Falls
Knowing how to prevent restaurant slip and falls starts with understanding why they remain one of the most common — and most preventable — causes of injury in the industry. As a restaurant expert witness with decades of hands-on experience, Howard Cannon has seen...
Losing FOCUS
Poor execution is a bad meal, an unhappy employee, or a misplaced order. It is lost focus or what I facetiously call “that loving feeling.” Lost focus allows things to slide. For some reason or another, maybe personal issues, ego issues, forgetfulness, or who knows...