In direct contrast to the issue of spoliation of evidence, I have been flown across the country to evaluate a door closer related injury just hours before a building was to be torn down. In that case, I was able to photograph the scene, preserve and record all pertinent data and retrieve hardware. This was done within a twenty four hour period of my retention to assure that the evidence was not lost or spoiled.


One of the most crucial facets of harmful testing of a door closer is that the alleged faulty closer be manufactured available for inspection. It is important that the "true topic door closer" be tested rather than much eliminated similar product. If for reasons uknown the particular sooner associated with an episode isn't recoverable for testing, it will be grossly unacceptable and inconclusive to try to study a door closer of a similar adjustable door closer.


The only real possible exception to this record is if an exact representative solution, made at the same time, same place, same assembly range and same construction crew could possibly be located. The possibility of meeting these requirements looks really slender and remote. The reason why that an correct, while partial side by side comparison might be made from the product in the above mentioned scenario is that it will be closely.


If not identically representative of the conditions and production that might have happened with the topic deeper product. As most untouched closers aren't discovered to be flawed, it is however possible that this side by side comparison wouldn't be consultant of the situations or "life time experiences" experienced by the niche door closer.


To sum up, if the specific matter door closer is not available, any and all screening made utilizing a assumed example should not be looked at indisputably consultant or fully valid. Inspection of a faulty or malfunctioning door closer will include a thorough battery of tests. Included among these checks should really be purpose move checks, force assessment, part evaluation and item manufacturing residuals.