What Should I Do if I’m Injured by a Defective Product?
The first thing you should do is get medical attention if you have a serious or life-threatening injury. Next, preserve the evidence (the defective product and anything you were using in conjunction with it). Put it in a baggy, secure it, do whatever you can do to preserve it. Then take pictures of the item, the surroundings, and the injuries. Next, contact an attorney who has had experience handling a product liability case. He or she will know what to do with the evidence and can start working on your case to make sure you can make a solid product liability claim.Types of Defective Products
There is almost an unlimited number of ways a person can be injured by a defective product. Anything you buy and use can harm you if something is wrong with it. At the Law Offices of Steers & Associates, we’ve represented many victims of defective products, and we’ve had success getting them compensation for their injuries. Some of the different types of defective products we’ve seen that have caused our clients injury over the years are:- Children's Toys
- Defective Electronics
- Items in Food
- Motor Vehicle Part Defect
- Mismarked Pharmaceutical
- Leaky Boats
- Tainted or Poisoned Food
- Poorly Designed Medical Device
- Defect in Tires or Brakes
- Weak Ammo Casing
- Defective Cigarette Lighter or Vape
Three Ways to Make a Defective Product Claim Stick
The most important decision you will make in a product liability case is which attorney will you put your trust and faith in when you make your claim. The right attorney will treat your case with dignity, understand the law, and have experience making defective product claims. At the Law Offices of Steers & Associates, we score high on all three. We have a deep familiarity with California product liability law, have years of experience making successful claims, and will treat you and your case with the highest priority. There are three ways that a successful defective product claim can be made:- Dangerous or Defective Design: Whoever did the design has a duty to design the product to work as indicate and safely for the consumer.
- Defective Manufacturing, Assembly or Packaging: The plant or factory that manufactures, assembles, and or packages the product has to do it properly and to the specifications for which it was designed. Flaws can come in the materials, the assembly or in many other ways.
- Inadequate Warning of the Hazards of the Product: Many products are dangerous when used as designed even when there was no defect. It might be a product that has a purpose that is dangerous by its use. The manufacturer has a duty to put warnings on the product of any type of harm that can come by using it as intended.
