Product Liability guides

A product liability claim says a product was unreasonably dangerous and that the danger, not misuse, caused your injury. Courts usually sort these claims into three kinds of defect: a flaw in the design, a mistake in how a particular item was made, or a missing or inadequate warning. Which kind you can prove decides what evidence you need, and it often takes an engineer or other expert to show it.

The guide in this category follows a claim from defect to deadline. It explains who can be named, which can include the manufacturer, a parts maker and a seller, and why you should keep the product, its packaging and any receipts. It also covers the time limits. Besides the ordinary filing deadline, some states set an outer limit that counts from when the product was sold, so an old product can raise a deadline problem. Check your state's page for its general injury deadline, then read your state's product liability statute for any extra limit before you rely on a date.