Defective Products
Birmingham, Anniston and Gadsden, Alabama
Did you ever imagine that something as commonplace as enjoying your favorite snack, getting in your car, or plugging in your hair dryer might endanger your life? Defective product victims are those who have suffered serious personal injury because a manufacturer failed to take the necessary steps to ensure a safe, harmless product was put into consumers’ hands.
Protecting Victims' Rights
At the Shelnutt Law Firm, our experienced legal team fights hard for victims of dangerous products. We believe the public is entitled to high levels of safety, and that manufacturers of unsafe products should be held accountable when injuries result from normal use.
- SUVs
- Autos or auto parts
- Tires
- Seatbelts
- Medical devices (hip implants, defibrillators, pacemakers)
- Breast implants
- Surgical devices
- Building and renovation supplies
- Dangerous drugs
- Contaminated food products
- Toys
- Children’s products (cribs, highchairs, teething rings)
- Tools
- Electric devices (hair dryers, electric blankets, lamps, toasters)
- Keychains
- Pens
- Knives
- Construction equipment
- Playground equipment
- Office equipment
- Toxic chemicals
Defective products fall into three primary categories depending on the type of defect: Defective design, defective manufacturing, and defective marketing and/or labeling.
Examples of products that may break product liability laws include toys that contain choking hazards, clothing and material that fail to meet flammability standards or contain harmful chemicals, food carrying bacteria, and autos that contain defective parts, have a defective design, or are assembled carelessly.
Holding Wrongdoers Responsible
If you’ve suffered serious harm after use of a defective product, the manufacturer may be legally required to compensate you for all injury-related expenses, plus pain and suffering. Distributors and retailers may also be held accountable if they had knowledge of or contributed to the defect. Statutes of limitations only allow a certain window of opportunity for filing a defective product claim, so make sure you talk to an experienced attorney right away. You may be able to receive compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and punitive damages.
To find out more about the recall process, visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration websites.
Was your loved one hurt or killed because of an unsafe product? Please visit our Wrongful Death section.
Learn more about manufacturers’ duty to provide safe products and your right to collect compensation for personal injury. Please contact the Shelnutt Law Firm today to set up your free personal consultation.
601 South 5th Street, Gadsden, AL 35901
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601 South 5th Street
Gadsden, AL 35901
