Products Liability
Product liability law is designed to protect consumers from dangerous and defective products. Product liability covers all types and kinds of products, including automobiles, trucks, household products, prescription drugs, toys, manufacturing equipment and machinery. The list is endless.
Consumers who have brought successful product liability suits have helped make the world a safer place to live. Dangerous automobiles like the Corvair and the CJ Model Jeeps were unstable and would roll over too easily. After several lawsuits were brought on behalf of those seriously injured or killed, these products were either discontinued or made safer.
Similar results have been achieved in cases involving asbestos, flammable fabrics, unguarded machinery, farm equipment, tractors with no rollover protection, prescription drugs, dietary supplements, toys with too many parts for young children to swallow, car seats for babies, and the list goes on and on.
A product may be defective in the way in which it is designed or manufactured. A product may also be defective if it does not contain adequate warnings about the dangers involved in the use of the product, or if it does not have proper instructions concerning the assembly, installation or use of the product.
After decades of losing and settling cases involving defective and dangerous products, corporations are slowly realizing that it is in their best interest to make a safe product as opposed to a cheap one.
The statute of limitations for a product liability claim is generally two years from the date of injury or death.
