Defective Products
Injuries caused by dangerous or defective products: design and manufacturing defects, failure to warn, strict liability, recalls, and dangerous drugs and medical devices, plus who in the supply chain you can hold responsible.
All Defective Products guides
- What to Do If You're Injured by a Defective Product
What to do after a defective-product injury: preserve the product and receipt, get medical care, document everything, and report to CPSC.
- E-Cigarette and Vape Injury Claims
Explains legal options after a vape or e-cigarette battery explosion, burn, or lung injury, including evidence and defect theories.
- Who Can Be Sued in a Product Liability Case?
Learn who can be held liable when a defective product causes injury - manufacturer, parts maker, distributor, and retailer - and why it matters.
- Defective Tire and Tread-Separation Claims
Blowout or tread-separation crash? How defective tire claims work, why preserving the tire matters, and who can be liable.
- Defective Product Injury Claims: What You Need to Prove
What you must prove in a defective product injury claim: the defect, unreasonable danger, intended use, causation, and why keeping the product matters.
- Defective Children's Products and Toy Recalls
What to do if a toy, car seat, or crib hurt your child: CPSC and NHTSA recalls, strict liability, evidence to preserve, and deadlines to check.
- Design Defect vs. Manufacturing Defect
Hurt by a product? Learn the difference between design defects, manufacturing defects, and failure-to-warn claims, and what each means for your case.
- Defective Appliance and Power Tool Injury Claims
Hurt by a defective appliance or power tool? Learn how product liability claims work, who's responsible, and why preserving the product matters.
- Seatbelt Defect Claims
How seatbelt unlatching, false latching, and retractor failures create a separate product liability claim from your crash claim.
- Mass Tort vs. Class Action: What's the Difference?
Mass tort vs. class action for defective-product injuries: how MDL consolidation, recovery, and control over your claim actually differ.
- Asbestos and Mesothelioma Claims
Long-latency asbestos and mesothelioma claims: who to sue, bankruptcy trust funds, and the discovery-rule deadline that varies by state.
- What Is Product Liability?
Hurt by a defective product? Learn the three types of product defects and how strict liability, negligence, and warranty claims work.
- Failure to Warn and Inadequate Instructions
Hurt by a product with no warning or unclear instructions? Learn how failure-to-warn claims work, including the learned-intermediary rule for drugs.
- Defective Ladder and Scaffold Injury Claims
Injured by a failing ladder or scaffold? Learn how product defect and worksite claims differ, and why preserving the equipment matters most.
- Defective Medical Implant Claims
Hurt by a hip, knee, mesh, or IVC filter implant? How FDA approval type, preemption, and MDLs shape your claim.
- Car Defect and Recall Injury Claims
Hurt by a defective airbag, brake, tire, or rollover-prone vehicle? Learn crashworthiness law, NHTSA recalls, and your options.
- Strict Liability in Product Cases
Strict liability lets you sue over a defective product without proving negligence — here's how it works, its roots in Restatement 402A, and its real limits.
- PFAS and Contaminated Water Injury Claims
How PFAS "forever chemical" water contamination injury claims work: causation challenges, latency, and the mass-tort/MDL process.
- Lithium Battery and E-Device Fire Claims
Phone, e-bike, hoverboard, or vape battery fire? How thermal runaway defects create product liability claims, what evidence to save, and what to do next.
- How a Product Recall Affects Your Injury Claim
A recall helps prove a product was defective but isn't required to sue, and it doesn't extend your filing deadline.
- Dangerous Drug and Medical Device Claims
How dangerous drug and medical device claims work: recalls, MDLs, mass torts, and FDA preemption rules explained in plain English.
- Furniture Tip-Over and Defective Furniture Claims
Furniture and TV tip-over injuries can support product liability claims for design defects, missing warnings, or anchoring failures.
- Airbag Defect and Non-Deployment Claims
Airbag failed to deploy or deployed too aggressively? How defect and crashworthiness claims work, and why preserving the vehicle matters.