Product Liability
We are a society of consumers. We go, we buy.
We trust that the products we purchase will
be both designed and produced with consumer
safety at heart and in mind. We trust in the
quality of materials, we trust the quality of
workmanship. Unfortunately, sometimes our trust
is violated and people get hurt.
Products hurt people because they are poorly
designed or manufactured with defects or substandard
materials or sometimes products hurt people
because they lack sufficient warnings or instructions.
Generally, in product liability concerning manufacturer
and suppliers, the law speaks of design defects,
manufacturing defects, and defects in marketing.
Design defects are just that -- defects in the
design of the product. The product may perform
just as it was intended, but it was unreasonably
dangerous to use because of a flaw in its design.
Sometimes the design is good, but manufacturing
defects occur during the manufacturing process
because of substandard materials or failure
of some kind during some step in the process.
With manufacturing defects, only a few out of
many products of the same type may be flawed
and, thus, dangerous. Defects in marketing deal
with such things as improper instructions and
failures to warn consumers of latent or inherent
dangers in the product.
So dangerous are some products from design,
manufacturing or marketing defects that they
can kill and maim, leaving victims in life-long
pain and suffering. Products that may cause
injury to consumers include such things as food
items, drugs (pharmaceuticals), appliances,
motor vehicles, medical devices and implants,
tools, industrial machinery and agricultural/farm
equipment and machinery.
In today's America, those parties involved
in the distributive chain of a product, whether
it be the designer, the manufacturer, the wholesaler,
the retailer or the maker or supplier of a component
part or material, are accountable to the consumer
under the law for injuries caused by unreasonably
dangerous and defective products. That accountability
is not automatic, the injured person will find.
The assistance of a law firm with experience,
competency and resources is essential to take
the steps necessary to ensure accountability,
steps like preserving the evidence, documenting
the chain of custody, and having the appropriate
experts evaluate the product for its relationship
to the injuries. The Hubbell Law Firm is such
a firm. We proudly represent people hurt by
dangerous and defective products. If you or
someone you know has been hurt by a dangerous
or defective product, we invite you to contact
the Hubbell Law Firm at our toll-free number,
1-800-821-5257 or by e-mail,
for a free consultation.
