By emailing or calling your federal representative, you can help draw attention to the importance of auto safety and the need to strengthen the NHTSA's ability to respond to
dangerous manufacturing defects and prevent them from becoming fatal.
A manufacturer can be found strictly liable for
dangerous manufacturing defects, even if it has exercised «all possible care» in preparing the product.33
Not exact matches
Products may be
dangerous because of design
defects,
manufacturing defects, incomplete or incorrect instructions, failure to provide danger warnings, or failure to honor warranties.
This means a product can still be considered
dangerous even if there wasn't a design
defect and it was still
manufactured according to proper industry standards.
Possible legal theories that can be argued in a products liability case include negligence (lack of reasonable care in the
manufacture or sale of the product or in warning about the product), breach of warranty (failure to fulfill the terms of a promise regarding the product's performance), misrepresentation (giving consumers a false sense of security about a product's safety), and strict liability (under which the product's
defect, although not the fault of the defendant, rendered the product unreasonably
dangerous and the defendant is therefore responsible).
The laws have changed from caveat emptor («let the buyer beware») to Strict Liability for
manufacturing defects that make a product unreasonably
dangerous.
An all - terrain vehicle could be made more
dangerous if there was a
defect in the
manufacture or design of the vehicle.
Such accidents occur because of elements including driver error, negligence, distracted driving,
manufacturing defects and
dangerous weather.
First, a product can be unreasonably
dangerous because of a
manufacturing defect.
Manufacturing Defects — A
manufacturing defect is one that occurs during the process of making the product and results in the product deviating from the way it was designed in a way that's
dangerous to users or consumers.
A defective drug is a medication that is either prescribed or purchased over the counter that is supposed to help you, but instead it is
dangerous because of some
defect in its
manufacture or packaging or because the drug did not carry accurate or complete warnings regarding its use.
Even when a vehicle or vehicle component has been designed and
manufactured in strict compliance with current industry standards and applicable regulations, the vehicle may still be found defective in a personal - injury or wrongful - death products - liability action if it is determined to contain a
defect in its design,
manufacture, or warnings that renders it unreasonably
dangerous for consumers» use.
-- Consumers in Arizona are protected against
dangerous and defective products by state and federal laws, but
manufacturing and design
defects contribute to numerous injuries each year.
A product can become
dangerous in several ways: through design
defect,
manufacturing defect or mislabeling or false advertising by the product marketer.
Claims for defective
manufacture: these types of claims arise when a product has been defectively
manufactured and that
defect makes the product
dangerous
At Moffitt & Phillips, PLLC, we represent people who have been injured or killed by defective products or unsafe products that have design
defects (intended design is unreasonably
dangerous),
manufacturing defects (product does not conform to the designer's or manufacturer's specifications), or marketing
defects (improper or misleading labels, insufficient instructions, or failure to warn about a product's hidden dangers.)
Design
defects: This type of case involves a product that was
manufactured as intended but the design concept was unreasonably
dangerous.