By Jimmy Howard, Esq.
Everyone is familiar with commercials that ask if you or someone you love has been hurt by a medication, or if you used a weed killer and got cancer, or if you were injured because your car’s air bags failed to deploy in a car accident. Defective products that harm consumers are the basis of product liability claims against the manufacturer, supplier, distributor, or retailer of the product. Every business entity in the chain that brought the product to the purchaser can be sued and held liable for the injuries the defective product caused.
Common examples of defective products include overheating faulty electronics, children’s toys that are dangerous like having small parts, defective car parts like tires or brakes that fail, contaminated food products, medical devices with design problems, power tools that lack proper safety warnings, and medications with undisclosed side effects.
Product liability claims typically come about because of one of three problems with the product:
1. Design defect – There is a defect in the design of the product making it dangerous to consumers.
2. Manufacturing defect – A product is not assembled according to its design.
3. Failure to warn – A manufacturer, distributor, or retailer fails to warn consumers about dangers inherent in the product that can cause injuries when used for its intended purpose.
Products can fail for various reasons. Some of the most common causes of defective products include faulty design, insufficient product testing, dangerous materials in the manufacturing of the product, failure to warn about the product’s built-in danger, faulty maintenance of components, production or construction problems, or damage during delivery.
In Nevada, a person has two years from the date of the injury to file a product liability lawsuit. People have the legal right to trust that the products they use are safe. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. If you suffered an injury due to a product like a malfunctioning auto part, dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, or any other product in the chain of commerce, you could be entitled to compensation in Nevada.
Product liability cases are complex because you are not going up against the average Joe. You’re filing a claim against big businesses with aggressive lawyers who work to negate your injury claim. Craig P. Kenny & Associates is an honest and sincere firm that does not advertise and believes in customer service to our clients. Our experienced product liability lawyers don’t back down and won’t give up. We’re committed to recovering maximum compensation for our clients. Please give us a call if a products you have, or purchase causes you injury.
