By far the most frequent product liability claim type, this case occurs when a manufacturer makes something with a safety defect that makes it unreasonable unsafe for the consumer to use it as it was intended to be used.

Note, this assumes that the design of the item was reasonable and / or safe and that the manufacturer deviated from the safe design and produced the good in a defective manner.

An example (examples) of a manufacturing defect product liability claim would be if your car tire came off while driving because it was defectively attached by the auto maker. Another manufacturing defect would be if the windows in your home let in water which flooded your house because the glass was shoddy.

There are many other ways a manufacturing defect can lead to personal injury and loss including these. In most cases, the manufacturer would have strict liability.

A defective product can enter the stream of commerce because its defectively designed. If you can show that there was no way the good could be safe because of the design defects, then you might have product liability claims here under product liability law.

Class action procedures can be very powerful tools and provide extraordinary amounts of compensation for you and everyone else impacted. When we handle such cases, we handle them well, meaning we strongly encourage you to contact us quickly if you believe you purchased a defective product. Strict time limitations may apply, so please don’t delay.

Not all problems you may have with a particular product are lawsuit-worthy but, when they are, they can be extremely important cases to pursue. Defective cars can cost lives. Defective computer hardware can lead to the loss of immeasurable amounts of critical information. What’s more, if you found a product to be defective, chances are that so have others, and that’s the reason class actions are such important tools; they allow people to redress problems like these efficiently and to defray the costs, spreading them out over many victims, and with consistent results. As experts in class action litigation, we are happy to explain how we can help you get back the value of the product (or service) you purchased.

Plaintiffs can sue for damages resulting from defective products under legal theories such as negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty. They can seek to hold many potential parties responsible for their damages, including manufacturers, owners, retailers, wholesalers and others. The most common claims are against:

Manufacturers: A manufacturer can be held liable for a product that contains a flaw in its manufacture or design. However, the flaw must render the item defective or prone to malfunction before any use by the consumer for the claim to succeed. A consumer may usually proceed on a claim against manufacturers on an adequate warning/ failure to warn case as well.

Owners: Sometimes, product defects can be exacerbated by unsafe, unreasonable, or negligent conduct regarding a risky product. If someone recklessly used a defective product, then you could sue that person and include them in your cause of action against the other defendant in your product liability case.

Retailers/Sellers: Whoever sold you the defective product could also face scrutiny in design defect/product defects/or similar claim. They must have known about the defective condition, design, instructions, or label prior to the sale and accident for you to succeed in a future legal claim under the product defect law.