In most personal injury cases, you must prove that another person’s negligence directly caused your injury before you can hold them liable. However, if an unreasonably dangerous consumer product harms you, you may hold the manufacturer strictly liable for your injury without proving they committed a specific wrongful act.
You can base a product liability lawsuit on three distinct types of product defects. A fourth cause of action, slightly different from the first three, may also support a claim. If one of the following common causes of product liability in San Diego led to your recent injury, a product liability attorney from our team could guide you through the claims process and help you pursue the compensation you may be entitled to receive.
The state expects manufacturers who sell consumer goods to design their products responsibly, from concept through production, so that consumers face no unreasonable risk of injury when using the product as intended. If regular use of a product injured you because a core design flaw made it dangerous, you may have grounds for a product liability lawsuit. Our San Diego attorneys can help you pursue fair compensation.
In San Diego, manufacturing or assembly errors are another common cause that can transform an otherwise safe product into a liability, making it unreasonably dangerous when used as intended. Unlike design defects, which typically impact every unit of a product, manufacturing defects usually affect only specific units or batches. If a manufacturing defect caused injury, we can guide you in pursuing a product liability lawsuit to seek compensation for your damages.
Another common cause of product liability claims in San Diego involves marketing defects. This is when manufacturers fail to provide clear warnings on or in packaging about known hazards associated with foreseeable use. Alternatively, they may neglect to include adequate instructions for using the product safely.
Although less common in San Diego, certain conditions may justify filing a product liability lawsuit for breach of warranty. The breach may involve a manufacturer who fails to deliver a product in its promised condition or quality; a product that fails to perform as implicitly advertised; or a product unfit for the intended purpose the manufacturer implied it could fulfill. These cases usually fall under contract law rather than tort claims, which are more common in product liability actions.
In addition to all these common causes of product liability in San Diego listed above, you may additionally have the option of filing a traditional negligence claim over an injury that a dangerous product caused. Generally, though, you will have the best chances of case success if you build a case of this nature around a theory of strict liability, with help from our dependable legal counsel to develop your case.
Since our founding in 1947, we have helped thousands of clients navigate the civil claims process and pursue justice. Contact CaseyGerry to schedule a consultation and learn more about your options.
