Product Liability

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the news, then you’ve probably heard about an uptick in exploding consumer products. A famous exploding product is Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7. The Galaxy Note 7 was a type of Android phone, and Samsung released it to the public in August 2016. By the end of August, there were already reports of the phone’s battery exploding while it was charging, and Samsung issued a statement that the company would postpone mailing out further shipments until more testing was performed on the product’s quality.

If you or a loved one have been injured by a product, such as a lawnmower, car engine, or an infant swing, you may have grounds upon which to file a product liability lawsuit. Product liability claims involve consumers who are injured after using a product in the way it was supposed to be or where it’s reasonably foreseeable how they would have intended to use it. After an injury occurs, an injury victim may sue the product’s designer, manufacturer, or distributor for economic and non-economic damages.