Product liability refers to the responsibility product manufacturers have to produce products which are safe for consumers.
If a dangerous or defective product causes injury, the injured person can seek financial compensation for damages through a product liability claim.
The attorneys of Stolpman Law Group have successfully represented clients who were seriously injured because of product and vehicle defects that could have and should have been prevented. Tom Stolpman has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 1998, and has recovered millions of dollars in damages on behalf of clients injured by a broad range of defective products.
- Auto defects
- Industrial machinery
- Ladders
- Construction equipment
- Household products
- Electrical equipment
- Food products that cause serious illness or death
- Dangerous products for children (cribs, car seats, toys containing lead, etc)
- Tire defects, including accidents caused by tread separation
- Brake failures caused by the auto maker, brake manufacturer or maintenance shop
- Air bags that cause injury by failure to deploy and deploying with too much force
- Seat belts, such as seat belts that unlatch in rollover accidents
- Vehicle rollovers, including SUV rollovers caused by design or tire defects
- Gas tank defects that lead to fuel-fed fires and explosions
Could It Have Been Made Safer?
The most important question to ask in any products liability case is: Could the product been safer for consumers? If the answer is yes, we will explore why the manufacturer chose not to fulfill its legal obligation to protect the people who buy and use its products.
Manufacturers often say they design products to the a standard called “State-of-the-Art” — as well as anyone else. We have found repeatedly that many manufacturers who make this claim sell products which do not meet the appropriate standards, and their designs are often not good enough to protect consumer safety when a state-of-the-art solution is available.
Product liability lawsuits typically involve reams of technical documents and many witnesses with a deep knowledge of a very narrow area of engineering, manufacturing or physics.
A Key to Our Success
Our lawyers are able to identify the key facts and decision points in this mountain of evidence, retain knowledgeable engineers and consumer product safety experts and weave the evidence into a compelling case history that clearly shows how the manufacturer’s failure to fulfill its legal responsibilities directly caused a client’s injuries or death. It is a skill we have developed and used successfully for more than 40 years. And it is one of the keys to our law firm’s success in products liability cases.
From offices in Long Beach, our lawyers represent clients injured by product and vehicle defects in the Los Angeles area and throughout Southern California.
Contact the personal injury attorneys of Stolpman Law Group, to arrange a free consultation about your case.
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