So,What is Product Liability?

02 Feb So,What is Product Liability?

Manufacturers are responsible for the safety of the products that they put on the market. They’re also responsible for the advertising for those products being accurate. When there is a problem with either, the manufacturer is sometimes vulnerable to being sued. There are basically three major reasons that manufactures end up getting sued over defective products.

• Defective design
• Defective manufacturing processes
• Inaccurate advertising

Sometimes, violating any one of these three standards for safety results in a death. Remember, if you did lose somebody because they used a product that they assumed was safe and ended up getting killed, you may have the option to file a lawsuit. You have to speak with an attorney to determine whether or not this is the case.

What Does Defective Mean?

Products are designed for specific purposes. For example, a hatchet is designed to chop wood and other small items. As long as it performs that task safely and effectively, it can be said to be a safe product. If you were using a hatchet and the handle broke, causing the blade to break free and blind you, you might have a product liability suit on your hands. The reason you would have the option of filing a lawsuit would be because you were using the product as directed and as intended and it ended up injuring you anyway.

There are some caveats here that consumers need to be aware of. Imagine, for example, that the hatchet that blinded you had a very specific warning engraved on the handle that told the user that eye protection was necessary when using the device. Such a warning might eliminate the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the manufacturer.

If you are using the hatchet for a purpose for which it was not intended, you may also give up your right to file a lawsuit. Generally speaking, you have to have been using a product in a way it was advertised as being intended for, in a way that did not put undue stress or strain on it and have suffered some sort of injury to file a defective products lawsuit. An attorney is the only one who can tell you for certain whether or not you have a legitimate case on your hands.

Contact a defective products attorney if you have been injured or somebody you love has died because of unsafe products. Product liability lawyers in Texas can file lawsuits against companies anywhere in the nation.

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