Personal Injuries from Harmful and Defective Products

    PHOENIX, AZ, May 20, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- When you purchase a product, you trust that it will be manufactured properly and that there would not be any harmful components. Sometimes this trust is broken, and you end up injured from a defective product that was manufactured or marketed in a hazardous way. Product liability law is supposed to ensure that the manufacturer or other provider of goods is responsible for any injuries caused by their defective or dangerous products that are placed into the flow of commerce. These types of injuries can be avoided if these manufacturers and distributors took the appropriate precautions to ensure the consumers safety.

A defective product is a product that causes injury or damage to a person as a result of the way it was labeled, some type of weakness in the product or the way the product was used, or improper warning labels and directions on the product. Some examples of these defective products include:

Types of Defective Products

• Firearms
• Medicines
• Faulty car parts
• Electrical products
• Apparel
• Chemicals
• Cosmetics
• Machinery and tools
• Tobacco

There are different types of liability claims including:

Types of Liability Claims

• If a product has dangerous components to it, and a consumer has no fault. This strict liability is the fault of the manufacturer.
• The product's safety is misrepresented in some way, and is therefore giving the consumer a false sense of the products reliability.
• The product suffered a breach of warranty in the sense that it did not fulfill the terms of the promise that the company made in regards to the performance expected of the product.
• If there is negligence with a products warning or in the sale of the product, then the company or distributer may be responsible. The care of the product may have been compromised in some way.

The types of injuries that can occur when you come across a defective product vary. Depending on what type of faulty component the product had, or how misrepresented it was, the injury can range in extremity. Some examples include:

Types of Injuries due to Defective Products

• Poisoning
• Allergic reaction
• Electrocution
• Death
• Heart Attack
• Seizures

Contact a Personal Injury Attorney in Arizona

Product Liability laws can be complicated if you do not have the experience to understand them. Sometimes the shock and frustration of having a product harm or fail you can be very overwhelming without having to worry about what the right course of action should be. If you have been injured by a defective product sold in Arizona and live in the Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale and surrounding areas then you should look into seeking advice with an experienced attorney. For more information please contact: www.solomonrelihan.com.

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