If you were hurt using a defective product, contact 844-SPARTAN for legal assistance. You may deserve compensation from the manufacturer and the companies responsible for putting the product on the market. An experienced product liability lawyer can help you fight to recover fair compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and more.
With over 75 years of combined legal experience, you can count on us to handle even the most complicated personal injury claim. To date, we’ve used our skills to recover more than $250 million in settlements and verdicts.
Let our team help you fight to make things right. Contact our law offices to schedule a free consultation today at (844) 772-7826.
Why Should I Call 844-SPARTAN to Handle My Product Liability Claim?
Product liability is a difficult area of law. Manufacturers will go to great lengths to limit their liability–and they have the resources to succeed. Insurance companies almost always try to undervalue cases, even when they accept liability.
An experienced personal injury lawyer can help you navigate these and other thorny issues. Our award-winning lawyers at 844-SPARTAN have been recognized for their skills by the National Trial Lawyers.
When you trust our team with your case, you’ll have an advocate to:
- Ensure that you understand your legal options and what’s happening with your case
- Conduct a full investigation into the product and your injuries
- Compile the evidence you’ll need to prove your case
- Work with trusted experts in various fields
- Handle the insurance communications and paperwork
- Determine the fair value of your injury claim
- Identify any available class action lawsuits or multidistrict litigation
- Negotiate aggressively with the other side for a full settlement
- Fight to protect your interests at trial if it comes to that
Our injury attorneys also work on a contingency fee basis. That means you only pay attorney’s fees if we recover compensation in your case. When we win for you, you simply pay a set percentage.
What Is Product Liability?
There’s no way for consumers to conclusively verify that every product is safe. The law places the burden on the companies that manufacture and sell those products. Product liability laws give injured consumers the right to sue when they’re hurt due to defective products.
In many jurisdictions, product liability can impose strict liability. That means you may hold a company responsible even if it was careful—the fact that the product was defective can be enough to establish liability for resulting injuries.
Are Dangerous Products a Serious Problem?
Innocent people are harmed by defective products every day. Across the U.S., products that had already been recalled for defects are responsible for over 40 million injuries each year.
By some estimates, one-third of all FDA-approved prescription drugs carry risks that aren’t known at the time of sale. Defective medical devices alone were responsible for over 1.7 million injuries and nearly 83,000 deaths over a ten-year period.
How Much Compensation Is My Product Liability Case Worth?
Several factors can impact the value of your personal injury case, including:
- How severe were your injuries?
- Will you make a full recovery or suffer a long-term disability?
- What are your medical treatment costs and other expenses to date?
- Will you require ongoing care, and how much will it cost?
- How will the disability impact your future earnings?
- How does the injury affect your quality of life, physical health, and emotional well-being?
In the end, your unique situation will dictate your case value. When you hire our lawyers, we’ll carefully analyze the facts and bring in experts to help with the valuation process as needed.
What Types of Compensation Can I Recover if I Was Injured While Using a Defective Consumer Product?
Damages are commonly categorized as economic or non-economic damages.
Examples of the types of damages you may have experienced include:
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Reduced earning potential
- Disability
- Physical therapy
- Rehabilitation
- Nursing care
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Depression and anxiety disorders
- PTSD
- Diminished quality of life
- Embarrassment
- Physical disfigurement and scarring
- Loss of companionship
You should expect the manufacturing company to try to downplay your losses. Whether they’re claiming that your injuries aren’t as extensive as you say or that you somehow caused them, we know how to help. Call our product liability lawyers today to learn more.
What Happens to My Right to Recover Damages If I’m Being Blamed?
Shared fault can be a major issue in personal injury cases. With defective products, manufacturers often claim the victim wasn’t using the product correctly. Even when that’s true, companies can still be liable when the product was used in a way that was incorrect but reasonably foreseeable.
Many jurisdictions follow a form of comparative negligence. If your own conduct contributed to the injury, your compensation may be reduced by your percentage of fault—and in some places, you’re barred from recovery at a certain threshold (often 50% or 51%). We’ll work to minimize any blame unfairly assigned to you.
Defective Products Often Cause Significant Injuries
Our team at 844-SPARTAN handles all types of personal injury cases, including those involving:
- Burns
- Broken bones
- Concussions
- Facial injuries
- Serious illnesses, including cancer
- Shoulder injuries
- Soft tissue damage
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal cord damage
- Head and neck injuries
- Internal bleeding
- Organ damage
- Eye injuries
- Chest injuries
- Amputations
- Paralysis
- Catastrophic injuries
- Wrongful death of a loved one
Visit the hospital or your doctor quickly. The sooner you get medical care, the better your physical outcome—and prompt care also helps connect the event to the injury.
Our Lawyers Handle All Types of Product Liability Claims
Collectively, our lawyers have over 75 years of experience helping injured clients take on both large and small companies. We have the tools to handle any type of product liability case.
We can help if you were injured due to any of the following defective products:
- Medical devices
- Medical equipment
- Prescription medications
- Over-the-counter medications
- Household products and appliances
- Pesticides and herbicides
- Batteries and electronics
- Personal care products
- Lawnmowers and landscaping equipment
- Toys
- Power tools
- Heavy machinery
- Construction equipment
- Vehicles
- Vehicle components, such as seat belts, airbags, and brakes
- Clothing
- Fireworks and explosives
- Vape pens
Product liability claims are complicated. Count on our lawyers to fight for the money you need and deserve. Call us today to discuss your case.
What Do I Have to Prove to Win a Product Liability Case?
Different legal theories may be involved in your product liability claim. Negligence and breach of warranty may be relevant. That said, the most common basis is strict liability.
To win a product liability case based on strict liability, you must prove:
- The defendant was responsible for putting the product on the market
- The product suffered from a defect
- You were using the product as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable yet incorrect way
- You were injured by the product
- The value of the damages you suffered
Three primary defects can give rise to a valid product liability claim: design defects, manufacturing defects, and marketing defects, or failure to warn.
Design Defects
A design defect is a flaw in a product’s basic design. When the product is manufactured as intended, it will be unreasonably dangerous for consumer use due to its defective design.
When evaluating the merits of a design defect case, courts often consider:
- The severity of the risk posed by the product as designed
- The value of the product itself
- Whether safer alternative design methods are available
- The costs of an alternative design
- Whether the product will function as intended using the safer design
Roundup weed killer is one example of a product with alleged design flaws.
Manufacturing Defects
Manufacturing defects exist because of mistakes in the manufacturing process. You’ll have to prove that the product you received deviated from its design in some way that made it unreasonably dangerous.
Marketing Defects
A marketing defect is a problem with the warnings and instructions that accompany a product. Some products are never entirely safe. Manufacturers can keep consumers safer by providing adequate warnings about the risks. When they fail to warn, they can be liable for injuries.
How Long Do I Have to File a Product Liability Lawsuit?
Filing deadlines (statutes of limitations) vary by jurisdiction and claim type. In many places, you may have between one and three years from the date of injury (or discovery of the injury) to take legal action. Missing the deadline could forfeit your right to seek compensation, so it’s wise to act promptly.
Contact a Skilled Product Liability Lawyer for a Free Case Review Today
You deserve to understand your legal options if you were injured because of a defective product. Manufacturing companies make millions selling dangerous products. An experienced product liability attorney at 844-SPARTAN can help you fight for justice. Give us a call today to schedule your 100% free consultation.
