Automatic Sliding Gate Defects

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10/24/2009
William Turley
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Many homes, apartments and/or homeowner associations use automatic sliding gates for security reasons. What most people don't realize is that automatic sliding gates are very, very dangerous to children and adults. Children and adults can be severely injured or killed if they become entrapped in the gates as they are automatically opened or closed. The injuries include cuts, broken bones, brain injuries and amputations. Many older gates do not have sensing devices or reversing mechanisms to prevent these entrapments.

Gate entrapment injuries often occur to children. We have received internal Stanley documents which indicate that Stanley Works has notice of dozens and dozens of consumers have become entrapped in Stanley sliding gate operators. Stanley, like the rest of the sliding gate manufacturers, had safety devices available since the 1960's. However, it has only been in very recent years that gate operator manufacturers have informed consumers of gate operator hazards and have placed internal and external anti-entrapment devices on sliding gate operators.

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Please understand that Stanley Operators are defective if they don't have anti-entrapment devices. However, there are many other brands and models of defective automatic gates.

We understand that you might have questions about automatic gate lawsuits and automatic gate injuries. We can help with your peace of mind. Contact our office in order to speak with a defective gate lawyer / gate defect attorney.

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1 Comments to "Automatic Sliding Gate Defects"

As a representative of a European company offering entrapment protection devices I am puzzled that the UL safety norms are far less demanding as the European counter parts. This is even more surprising as many US gate operator companies also sell into the European market complying with those more demanding norms.

Posted by Christian Leeser on November 16, 2009 at 04:41 PM