Product Liability Law

Manufacturing products can be a risky business. Manufacturers of products face liability if their products fail and cause harm or injury to individuals. According to the product liability law concerning negligence and strict liability, disclaimers and warnings are void if injury results from use of the product. Products can be found defective in any of the following methods: manufacturing defects, design defects, and inadequate warnings. Manufacturing defects occur during the manufacturing process. A mishap occurs during manufacturing that makes the product dangerous. This defect is not due to poor product design. Design defects are dangers that occur when the product has a flaw in the design. Manufacturing it to the exact specifications does not eliminate the design. Inadequate warnings are defects that are either omission of warnings on a product that tell of its dangers if used incorrectly. It must be proven that the product could have been manufactured with safer standards for use. Product liability law excludes causes where the manufacturer had no way to foresee any dangers from using the product when put on the market or that there is no way to make the product safer than it is. Intentional acts include liability that comes from a defective product being on the market that the manufacturer knew was dangerous.

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  • Experts estimate that Americans are currently using more than 23 million defective products.
  • An average of 20,000 Americans die each year as the result of injuries caused from defective products.

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