Products Liability and Defective Products

Missouri and Illinois Product Injury Lawyer

A product is defective if it was designed with defects, manufactured improperly, or provides an inadequate warning. These defects can cause consumers of the product or innocent bystanders to be injured or harmed. All parties involved in sending a defective product into the consumer market might be held responsible for these injuries. This can include the designer, manufacture, supplier, or retailer. In order to be negligent in a products liability case, the following elements must be proven:

1.    Defendant was in the business of producing or selling the product.
2.    The product was expected to and did reach the consumer without changing substantially in the process.
3.    The product was defective at the time it left the control of the defendant.
4.    Harm resulted when the product was being used in a reasonably foreseeable manner.
5.    The individual harmed was foreseeable.
6.    The defect in the product was the proximate cause of the harm suffered by the injured individual.

Henderson & Waterkotte, P.C. aggressively represents consumers in St. Louis and throughout Missouri and Illinois whom have been seriously injured by defective products, both at home and in the workplace. Here are some examples of cases that our attorneys are capable of litigating for you.

• Car Accidents
• Boat Accidents
• Electrical Injuries
• Lack of Proper Warning
• Unsafe Design
• Unsafe baby toys and products

 

Contact a defective products lawyer today at 314.645.4400

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For more information about product safety, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.