When One Door Closes: A Primer on Automatic Door Cases for the Premises Liability Practitioner

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Doors are a seemingly innocuous element of our day-to-day lives. Yet surprisingly, they cause frequent damage to patrons of businesses, residences and medical complexes. The liability issues that may result from the simple installation of a door are numerous and attorneys cannot afford to be lulled into a belief that store operators or building owners don’t bear responsibility.

This CLE course, designed for personal injury attorneys as well as others, will offer a detailed, introductory review of how to address automatic door cases. The course will take you through the full process from initial intake through trial and explain how to effectively navigate the case using a comprehensive liability blueprint. The course will present sample discovery questions, required forms and tips for negotiations.

Lecturer Bio

Frank A. Natale II, Esq.

Frank Natale has a high level of experience in both private practice and public service that displays his passion for fighting to achieve justice for the underserved and marginalized.

Frank was a partner in the Law firm of Cusick, Leymarie, Natale & Long for five years in Pennsylvania where he concentrated his practice in the areas of employment law, personal injury and civil litigation. Subsequently, he started his own boutique civil litigation practice which focused on plaintiffs medical malpractice, employment law and criminal defense. Frank also served as an Assistant District Attorney in Lawrence County, PA for two years, where he was asked to handle arson, vehicular homicide, and felony assault cases. These experiences helped Frank acquire and hone a keen ability to communicate his client’s cases to juries. While many cases don’t end up in trial, Frank intentionally worked on cases that required a jury trial.

Upon making a transition from private practice to the legal services practice in 2012, Frank served as the Director of Advocacy for Income Security at the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau. In this capacity, Frank directly supervised the statewide migrant farmworker project and the strategic aspects of the firm’s employment and public benefits practices. He directed and oversaw much of the firm’s litigation in all practice areas. He provided regular trainings on basic and advanced litigation techniques. Frank advised the Language Access Task Force, Workers Rights Task Force, Public Benefits Task Force, as well as the Veterans Work Group and Human Rights Work Group.

During his tenure at Legal Aid, he litigated an important language access case in Federal Court which required the City of Salisbury, MD to adopt language access policies and procedures and to train its personnel and police officers on the use of language line when interacting with limited English proficient individuals. Frank also led non-litigation advocacy strategies that remedied long standing problems with LEP individuals accessing public benefits and government services through the Department of Human Resources.

Additionally, he served as the project director for the Lawyer in the Library project that embedded lawyers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in west Baltimore. He was regularly requested to testify on pending legislation involving worker’s rights and public benefits in the state of Maryland.

Frank became the first Litigation and Advocacy Director of Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC on January 4, 2016. In that capacity he provided a strategic vision for the firm’s litigation practice in each of its practice groups.

Frank is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he received a B.A. and the University of Dayton School of Law where he received a Juris Doctorate.

Frank currently concentrates his practice in the area of catastrophic personal injury matters. Frank has achieved large awards and settlements on behalf of clients in complicated cases.

Some of the more notable verdicts, settlements and notable cases are:

Negotiated 1.85-million-dollar settlement on a complex cancer misdiagnosis case.
Won a jury verdict in Cecil County Maryland of $556,000, with $500,000 being
awarded for pain and suffering in 2022.
Secured $300,000 for a victim of an automatic door injury.
Awarded $240,000 in a jury trial for a knee infection following an ACL surgery.
Negotiated a six figure settlement for a complex medication error case for a client
who suffered from a fatal congenital condition.
Secured a six figure jury verdict on for a pedestrian walking on a roadway at night
who was struck by a driver.
Successful trial of one of the first Americans with Disabilities Act cases Holmes V.
DCI.
Successfully argued Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case Lykins v. W.C.A.B.
Successfully litigated a precedent setting case against the City of Salisbury which resulted in policy changes that benefitted city residents.
Secured millions of dollars in settlements and awards on behalf of clients in State and
Federal Courts

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