Product Liability and Defective Products
Examples of Product Liability
- poorly designed automobiles
- hazardous toys, car seats and child's stroller
- unsafe power tools and appliances
- package fails to properly warn a user of that danger
- dangerous drugs or supplements causing severe side effects
What is a Product Liability Claim
Companies responsible for the manufacture
and sale of a product must take reasonable measures to ensure the safety of their
product. The design must be tested, the manufacturing must be adequate, the accompanying
instructions must be clear about any hazards, and the distribution must be made
with appropriate care. Injuries caused by a defective product are often subject
to "strict liability," which means that the victim of the injury does not need to
show that outright negligence on the part of the manufacturer and/or seller was
involved; the manufacturer and/or seller is liable unless they can show that reasonable
measures to ensure safety were taken.
While some products can be
hazardous even
if used properly, these products are still expected to incorporate adequate safety
measures and sufficiently clear instructions to ensure reasonable safety with proper
use.
Experienced Product Liability Injury Attorneys
If you or a loved one have been injured because of a defective product, you need
to contact Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy, to ensure that you recover fair
compensation for your injuries. Even though products liability cases are extremely
complex, expensive to take to trial and vigorously defended by manufacturers, our
experienced personal injury attorneys have consistently recovered substantial damages
for our clients injured by defective products.
When an injury results from a defect in design, manufacture, or a failure to
adequately warn of danger, highly technical questions of mechanics and design can
arise. For example, showing the danger presented by a poorly tested drug is quite
different from demonstrating how a tire failed.
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