Defective Product Lawyers
Austin Personal Injury
If you have been injured in the Austin area and you feel a defective product is to blame, it is important to seek the counsel of an Austin personal injury attorney skilled in defective products cases. The first few days after the accident are the most important days for your case. Valuable evidence needs to be collected and secured to properly build your case. An extensive investigation needs to be launched into the background of the faulty product. When it was manufactured, designed, and sold will be looked into as well as all regulations and safety standards governing the product. It is important to seek qualified personal injury counsel to insure all aspects of your case have been properly dealt with.
Many products have been known to be unreasonably dangerous, from hair dryers to prescription drugs to motor vehicles. Manufacturers and sellers are responsible to reasonably protect consumers from dangers that may arise from the products they are selling or manufacturing. If you have been injured by a product you feel may have been defective contact a personal injury lawyer today to discuss your case.
In product liability cases negligence need not be proven to have a claim. What is known as strict liability applies to manufacturers when a product they have produced is unreasonably dangerous and causes harm to the consumer. The victim must show that the product was defective and that the defect caused harm while using the product in the way it was intended to be used.
In addition to strict liability, claims can be brought on manufacturers for design defects, manufacturing defects, and breach of warranty. Design defects are problems in the original design of the product making it unreasonable dangerous. Infant car seats with poorly designed latching systems, mattresses that are not flame retardant, and vehicles with poorly placed gas tanks all fall into this category. Manufacturing defects occur when a mistake happens in the manufacturing process that was not intended in the original design. This usually happens to only a few of the products being manufactured, making some of the products unreasonable dangerous. Breach of warranty occurs when a promise either expressed or implied is broken, meaning the product is not as should reasonably be expected by a consumer.
If you have been injured by a defective product seek the skilled counsel of an Austin product liability lawyer to discuss your case. Call or email our Austin office today. We work on a contingent fee basis, which means you don’t pay unless we resolve your case.
