I Was Injured By A Product. Who Is Liable?

acceladmin   January 9, 2017   Comments Off on I Was Injured By A Product. Who Is Liable?

When people are injured by a household item or a commercial item, like a machine, and it’s caused because the machine malfunctions or just for whatever reason causes an injury, we call these product liability cases. They can be caused because the product isn’t designed properly because it’s not manufactured properly, or a combination of those, and also it could be because warnings aren’t placed on the product telling the person using it that there’s a particular dangerous point on it. For example, with a piece of furniture, such a futon that folds, there was cloth covering what’s called the pinch point. A pinch point typically doesn’t sound so bad until you are the person who gets your finger in the pinch point, and it amputates your finger. It doesn’t have to be a major piece of machinery to be involved in a product liability case. It really can be anything that injures you as a result of a defective product.

The investigation and the prosecution of these cases is complicated, so we have to go back to the very beginning, obtain the patents for the item for any changes that were made, the manufacturing records for it, the design records for it, and then the whole chain of distribution for it because anyone along the chain from the manufacturer to who you bought the item from could be responsible for what happened to you. It is important to look at all of the different aspects that went into the process from the design of the product all the way to the point in which the product injured you. Some cases may take longer than others because of the investigation that has to go on in order to determine the reason for your injury and who needs to take responsibility. If you are injured by a product and you believe it is due to a defect somewhere along the line, please contact an experienced personal injury attorney to assist you with your case.

If you are in need of legal counsel in regards to a personal injury in New York, please contact The Law Offices of Jonathan D. Sands and we would be happy to assist you.