The attorneys at Brannon & Associates have extensive experience handling product liability cases in Ohio. Companies responsible for the manufacture and sale of a product must take reasonable measures to ensure that a product is safe for the purpose for which it was intended. A product is considered defective if it does not provide the level of safety which our community generally is entitled to expect. Each year thousands of people are harmed by a variety of faulty products that include industrial machinery, toys, prescription medication, household appliances, automobiles, medical devices, firearms and toxic chemicals.
Defective products cases generally involve a design defect, manufacturing defect or a failure to warn of the dangers posed by the product. A design defect involves a product that is in itself defective due to the manufactures failure to engineer a safe product. Alternatively a manufacturing defect involves a product that comes off of the assembly line with some defect that makes it different and more dangerous than other similar products. This is often the “fluke” or “one in a million” defect that makes it out of the factory. Finally, a failure to warn case involves whether the warnings and instructions on a product were adequate to alert a consumer to the dangers posed by the product.
Regardless of which type of defect may exist products liability cases usually require preservation of the defective product. If you have been injured by a product, make every effort to save it even if it has been damaged. This should include all maintenance records, ownership records, manuals, packaging and anything else having to do with the product. The preservation of evidence is crucial to recovering damages in these cases since highly technical questions of mechanics and engineering can arise which may require examination of the product. For that reason it is important to contact an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible to prevent critical evidence from being destroyed.
The injuries caused by a defective product can be severe, resulting in amputation, paralysis and even wrongful death. A person who has been injured as the result of a defective product has the right to be compensated for his/her injuries. This can include but is not limited to compensation for pain, suffering, past and future medical bills, lost wages, loss of consortium and permanency of their injury. Our attorneys work hard to hold negligent parties accountable when innocent consumer are injured so that they receive full compensation for their injuries.
If you have been injured by a defective product it is important to act quickly. The law sets strict time limits in which you can pursue a claim for your injuries, and once that time passes, your right to recover against a manufacturer or supplier will be lost. If you, or someone you care about, have been injured by a defective product and need assistance, call our offices today for a free consultation in our office or your home / hospital room.
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