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Georgia citizens use a wide variety of items daily that they have bought from either a brick-and-mortar store or from an internet vendor. Whether online or at a retail store, the general public may purchase anything from sporting goods to food items, clothing to home decor, and other goods produced by retailers. However, in some cases, these products may lead to injuries.
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Liability for Defective Products
When consumers choose which things to buy, they anticipate that the goods will have undergone quality control inspections to ensure there are no flaws. Unfortunately, defective products cause numerous injuries to the consumers who purchase them. Victims of faulty products should be able to hold the offending party accountable for their losses and damages. However, can a retailer be held responsible for faulty goods?
Typically, a product liability lawsuit will hold a company accountable for the harm brought on by a defective product. To navigate strict liability concerns, trace the product’s distribution, and ascertain whether the purportedly defective product was genuinely to blame for the plaintiff’s injuries, victims of defective products must retain the services of an experienced attorney.
Litigation involving the manufacturer, distributor, designer, marketer, and retail outlets where the product was sold can be complicated due to the number of parties involved. The Consumer Product Safety Commission will also have a stake in product liability litigation to ensure dangerous products will not reach consumers.
Companies are required to alert customers to potentially hazardous products or manufacturing flaws. Our responsibility under the law is to work with victims to ensure that these businesses are held accountable in a product liability case. Our knowledgeable personal injury attorneys at the CEO Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm have experience and competence in class action cases involving defective products and negligence claims.
If you or a loved one in Georgia suffered injuries due to an unreasonably harmful product, your legal rights were violated. You are entitled to hold manufacturers accountable for your losses, medical costs, and other damages associated with the product defect. In order to explain your position and the legal procedures that will take place throughout the product liability litigation, our team is delighted to offer you a free case evaluation.
What Does a Georgia Defective Product Liability Lawsuit Entail?
To start, it’s critical to comprehend what constitutes a faulty product claim and how a guilty party can be held severely liable for harms or fatalities brought on by a design flaw, a manufacturing flaw, or other negligence.
Legal rules and regulations determine the strict liability for injuries or fatalities brought on by faulty or unsafe items. Any business or person responsible for the design, production, shipping, or sale of a defective product may be held accountable for the harm and losses sustained by the consumer.
The injured person must also prove to have followed the manufacturer’s adequate instructions and used the product as intended for the product liability case to succeed. A victim of an injury must get in touch with a knowledgeable attorney from a personal injury firm to handle the product liability claim and pursue the victim’s compensation.
If your injuries were brought on by a flaw in the product that should have been disclosed to you by the maker, seller, and retail outlet where you bought it, our lawyers at the CEO Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm in Georgia will conduct a thorough investigation and compile the necessary proof to show that you used the product as intended. For a free examination of your personal injury case, get in touch with us.
Defective Product Lawsuit
According to the legislation, there are three main categories into which the defect may fall when submitting and proving a product liability claim. Design defect, manufacturer defect, and marketing defect are some of these categories.
Additionally, a variety of parties may hold liability for defective products. Of course, they have to do with how consumers can obtain the products and the kinds of product flaws described above. When determining who will be held accountable, the following factors will be taken into account:
Design Error
The design of the product must be validated to make sure it has no inherent flaws before it is made (even a prototype). This is an effort to make sure that nobody gets hurt after buying and using the goods. The designer’s objective is to prevent an accident before it could ever be reasonably expected to happen because once the product has been produced and purchased, it would only be a matter of time before a consumer gets hurt.
Defect in Manufacturing
Defects could develop during the production or assembly of a product. Before each product is packaged and transported to the consumer or the retail stores that will be selling it, the manufacturer should be required to inspect it.
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It must be established that the retailer knew a product was dangerous or defective in order to hold the retailer accountable for damages or losses brought on by a defective product. For faulty products, the Consumer Product Safety Commission may issue a recall. The retailer must take recalled goods off the shelves or let customers know how to get a refund or a replacement after making a purchase.
Distribution and Wholesale
The wholesaler or distributor (a “middleman”) may be held accountable as a link in the supply chain for the distribution of faulty goods, mainly if they are aware of a recall or other known hazardous condition of the product.
Marketing Mistake
A product must be well-marketed and well-labeled to get consumers’ attention. The purchaser will be given the details required to decide whether the marketed product satisfies their specific demand. The labeling also provides the user with guidance on how to use the product correctly per the manufacturer’s recommendations.
The marketing and labeling firm could be held accountable for injuries if the product had improper labeling, inadequate instructions, was deceptive or had insufficient safety warnings.
Injury Risks Linked to a Hazardous or Defective Product
The harm a consumer could experience from utilizing a defective product depends on the kind of product. A pair of sunglasses with a flaw that does not shield the user’s eyes from the sun will cause significantly different injuries than a vehicle with a defect that results in a car collision.
The following are some of the most typical injury types brought on by faulty products:
- Electrocutions
- Lacerations
- Traumatic encephalopathy
- Burns
- Bone fractures
- Poisoning
- Wrongful death
The potential of launching a product liability action to hold those accountable for the injuries should be discussed with an experienced attorney by anybody who has suffered these or any other injuries resulting from using a defective product. Victims may be able to pursue compensation for their losses and damages.
Defective Product Lawyer
Nobody should be afraid to buy a product they need because they worry it could be faulty. In some circumstances, victims of faulty items may not be able to resume their regular lives. When these circumstances occur, the victims should be allowed to defend their legal rights and seek damages for their losses.
CEO Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm
Call the CEO Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm in Georgia if you or a loved one has suffered severe injuries (or a loved one has passed away) due to a defective product. We are ready to put our education and experience to work for you since our team is well-versed in all facets of product liability cases.
Our attorneys will fight for compensation for lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional anguish, and other things in addition to medical costs. We fight for every client at the CEO Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm because we think their stories should be heard and the negligent parties should be held accountable.
Contact Ali Awad, ‘the CEO Lawyer,’ and his team of experienced personal injury attorneys at the CEO Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm by calling (833) 254-2923 or contacting us online to receive your free and confidential case evaluation.