Avoid a Catastrophic Injury From These 3 Product Liability Claims

Every year, hundreds of claims are filed for injuries resulting from different types of accidents. One of these types of accidents takes place as a consequence of defective products that fail to be of the required standard. Defective products can range from faulty vehicles without airbags to a piece of furniture with a basic manufacturing defect in it.

If you are injured by a defective product of any type, it is imperative that you are aware that you have a right to file a lawsuit. If you're not sure about how to sue someone, be it the designer, manufacturer, distributor or an importer, you should talk to a personal injury lawyer.

The personal injury lawyer can help walk you through the Product Liability Act so you’re fully aware of your rights and responsibilities when you are in an accident like this.

That being said, product liability claims can be of three basic types and know in details about them is essential to find out your eligibility for a claim and its chances of success.

Types of Product Liability Claims

Product liability claims can of three basic types and the process of establishing a claim varies with each.

Manufacturing Defects – Product liability claims arising from manufacturing defects of a product is the most common of all types. This particular type of product liability claim is established on the grounds that the product is unreasonably dangerous because of a mistakes/fault/negligence in its manufacturing. As a result, the product fails to match the set standards and to perform safely.

Manufacturing defects are common in products that are itself designed to promote safety. For instance, when sawdust gets into the adhesive glue, used for securing tires together, the tires turn out to be defective and can potentially cause accidents. A personal injury attorney uses such instance to connect the personal injuries of the victim to this product with avoidable manufacturing glitches.

Design Defects – This type of product liability claim arises from the defective design of a product. When products like cars come with a defect in their design, it poses high risks of accidents and could result in a catastrophic injury.

A product is considered unreasonably dangerous when it fails to perform as safely as it is expected to because of some defects that have been overlooked by the manufacturers or designers of the product. Product liability claims with design defects can be established on the following grounds:

• The defendant is related to the product in question
  
• Proof of the unreasonably dangerous condition of the product
  
• The connection between the claimant’s injuries and the product’s potentially threatening condition
  

The first point that is the defendant’s relation to the product is proved by an instance of the former putting the product in the stream of commerce through distributing, selling, etc.

Warning & Labelling Defects – This is the third variety of product liability claim, which is based on the pretext that the manufacturer failed to warn the users/consumers about an inherent danger of the product. It is considered to be a legal duty of the manufacturer to warn about the potential risks/threats that can be discovered in the light of best knowledge available.

Product liability claims resulting from warning and labeling defects are most common for prescribed medications. However, this can occur with any product that causes personal injury without having warned about the risks of usage.

Product liability claims appear simple, but they are legally complex and are best handled by an expert personal injury lawyer. If you have suffered from an injury resulting in subsequent losses all because of a defective product, talk to one of the experienced attorney’s of The Law Offices of Alvin de Levie at 844-777-2529 to find out your best way to file a claim.