If you believe a defective or dangerous product caused your injuries, it is vital that you preserve the product that was used for evidence. You must then get your situation investigated and assessed by an attorney experienced in the complex nature of product liability law. At our firm, we have represented innumerable clients throughout North Alabama in such cases. We operate on two important goals in product liability cases: 1) to obtain economic security for the injured person or family through a lawsuit and 2) to help ensure that other people are not hurt or killed in the same way by using the defective product.
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Product liability is a legal concept that can come into play if you sustain injuries or death from a product that is defective. The manufacturers and suppliers of that product may be held liable for compensatory damages connected with your injuries or your loved one’s death. You must file a claim against the liable party proving that the product was defective and/or failed to operate in a reasonably safe way. You must show that, because of its defectiveness, it was the cause of the injuries or death. This can apply to any consumer product, from cars to household goods to pharmaceuticals, medical devices, products for children, power tools and equipment, appliances, food products, and more.
If you believe your case fits the description above, you should get the advice and guidance of one of our Florence product liability attorneys at McCutcheon & Hamner. You will need a knowledgeable lawyer who has extensive experience in faulty or defective products to review your case. Our firm has handled many product liability cases for injured clients over the decades we have been in practice. We are well-versed in product liability law, what needs to be done, and what it takes to prevail in these often very technical and complex claims and lawsuits.
In order to prevail in court in a product liability claim, you must demonstrate that the product was defective or dangerous in some way and, that by using it, the defect resulted in your injuries along with all of the injury-related expenses that followed. You also must have been using the product for its intended purpose and in a reasonable manner. An injury sustained while using any product does not automatically qualify you for a product liability claim. The above factors must be proven in court.
Those can be held responsible for injuries suffered from a defective product include all parties who were in the “chain of distribution.” This refers to all of those entities who were involved from the time and place of manufacture to where the product was distributed. This can include manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, other suppliers, designers, and more. It is important to name all of these parties in a claim or lawsuit who might have had something to do with the product’s defect.
