Products Liability Law

Products liability refers to the liability of any or all parties along the ..... of manufacture of any product for damage caused by that product.

This includes the manufacturer of ..... parts, the assembling manufacturer, the wholesaler, and the retail store owner.

Products containing ..... defects that cause harm to a consumer of the product, or someone to whom the product was loaned, given, etc., are the subjects of products liability suits.

While products are generally thought of as tangible personal property, products liability has ..... that definition to include intangibles (gas), naturals (pets), real estate (house), and writings (navigational charts).

Many states have ..... comprehensive products liability statutes.

While the product might ..... its purpose well, it can be unreasonably dangerous to use due to a design defect.

On the other hand, manufacturing defects occur during the construction or production of the item; only a few out of many products of the same type are ..... in this case.

Defects in marketing deal with improper instructions and failures to warn consumers of ..... dangers in the product.

Translated to products liability terms, a defendant is ..... when it is shown that the product is defective.

When a person fails to exercise the care that a reasonable, ..... person would exercise under the same circumstances, that person is open to prosecution.