by Howard Cannon | May 12, 2026 | Expert Witness Services, Restaurant OSHA, Slips Trips and Falls
If a restaurant is cooking any meats, there’s going to be protein-based grease. That grease doesn’t have to be a problem if a restaurant is aware of it and addresses it appropriately. But all too often, they either don’t know or don’t care...
by Howard Cannon | Apr 24, 2026 | Articles, Expert Witness Services, Hot Coffee Burns
When most people hear about hot coffee spills – and the accompanying lawsuits involved – the first thing they think of is the infamous fast-food lawsuit from the 90’s. Although that case brought awareness to the dangers of hot coffee, it also set a precedent for...
by Howard Cannon | Apr 15, 2026 | Articles, Expert Witness Services, Uncategorized
If you’re in the hospitality industry, you should understand what hospitality is. You should know that hospitality is about relationships. 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...
by Howard Cannon | Apr 8, 2026 | Articles, Expert Witness Services, Hot Coffee Burns
Ordering a coffee in a drive-thru lane presents multiple opportunities for calamity. And you can’t beat the clock once that calamity happens…unless you can remove the liquid from your body in three seconds. If you are seated in your car when the hot liquid...
by Howard Cannon | Apr 1, 2026 | Articles, Expert Witness Services, Restaurant OSHA
It is not enough that restaurant industry employees just show up to work on time. Or as is far too often the case, even show up at all. That is only the beginning. While at work, employees must also take accountability for their actions. Especially when it comes to...
