Defective Product Liability

What is defective product liability?

Defective product liability arises when a consumer is harmed by the use of any unsafe product that is sold through the market. The number of such incidents is increasing day by day. According to the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission, in 2007 alone defective product injuries were over 232,000.

What are Product Liability Causes?

The liability for injuries caused by a product mainly arises from negligence, breach of warranty, consumer protection claims, and strict liability. The manufacturers of the product, the distributors and the retailers are all held liable for the injuries caused by those products. Defective product liability in the United States is based on manufacturing defect, design defect, or failure to warn. Defects can also be caused by poor quality of the material or workmanship. If the design of the product is inherently dangerous or renders the product useless, then it is a design defect. The failure on the part of the manufacturer to warn the user of non obvious dangers the product can cause, is a failure to warn defect.

What are the steps to be taken?

If you happen to be a victim of defective product injury, then you have to act quickly. A statute of limitations may bar your claim if not filed in time. The first step is to make sure that the product you purchased was truly defective and that your injury was caused because of the use of the defective product.

You should gather all necessary details including proof of injury, proof that the injury was caused by defective product, witnesses if any, etc.

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