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Product Liability means that manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of products, including the retail stores, can be responsible for injuries from a defective product. “Products” for these legal purposes cover a wide range of categories, including:
- stoves;
- cars;
- trucks;
- automobiles;
- motorcycles;
- automobile accessories such as tires, seat belts, airbags and child car seats;
- ladders;
- construction material;
- cleaning products;
- machinery and tools;
- medicine and drugs;
- medical devices;
- food and tobacco;
- chemicals;
- household products and appliances;
- toys and other recreational equipment; and
- clothing and apparel.
Under product liability law, someone who is injured by an unsafe product may be entitled to compensation from the person or company who develops or advertises the product.
Many injuries happen each year because of defective products. The product may not be safe because of:
- design defects;
- use of dangerous materials;
- manufacturing defects;
- incorrect or incomplete instructions;
- vague labels;
- failure to provide danger warnings; or
- failure to honor current warranties.
What some people do not know is that you may have a lawsuit if injured by a product that was advertised without a warning of possible danger. Recent dangerous toys taken off the market (toy “recalls”) have happened because of, for example: toys and parts of toys that caused children to choke and children's rings that contained high levels of lead, increasing the threat of lead poisoning. |
PERSONAL INJURY
