Every year, tens of thousands of people are injured or killed by unsafe or faulty products, including defective industrial equipment, faulty medical devices, pharmaceutical drugs and unsafe motorized equipment.
The Belt Law Firm represents individuals and the families of individuals who have been seriously or fatality injured by unsafe products. The companies that produce these products have the resources to fight lawsuits and prevent injured consumers from recovering monies for their injuries. Our firm fights for you.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports over 22,000 deaths and 29 million injuries related to consumer products each year. Annually, consumer products cause more than $500 billion in deaths, injuries and property. We frequently hear of product recalls because of safety and design issues in automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, children’s toys and pajamas – even the food we eat.
The main incentive to increase product safety is to avoid potential liability in product liability lawsuits that provide compensation for the personal injuries sustained from the use of a defective product. The damages the consumer is entitled to receive may include compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, loss of physical capacity, pain, suffering, and mental anguish. Punitive damages are also available in many jurisdictions to punish defendants in those cases involving particularly egregious conduct which demonstrates a reckless or wanton disregard for the safety of the public.
If you were injured by a dangerous product, or if a loved one was seriously injured or killed, it is possible the same product harmed other consumers. At Belt Law Firm, we have the legal resources necessary to pursue product liability lawsuits against the largest corporations in the world. Product liability cases include:
- Automotive defects. Design defects that cause air bag injuries; car fires; defective seat belts; defective car doors and SUV rollovers.
- Defective tires. Poor materials or manufacturing processes that result in tire blowouts or tire recalls.
- Unsafe baby equipment. These include car seats; swings; cribs and playpens.
- Mechanical equipment. Conveyor belts, elevators, saws, sanders, lathe machines, boilers, forklifts, bulldozers, valves, and other defective machines and equipment that does not function properly.
- Defective tools. Such as saws, sanders and lathes that do not function properly.
- Defective safety equipment. Unsafe filtration systems that cause asbestos, silicosis, welding rod claims, and other life-threatening health hazards.
When you file a product liability claim, you are suing the makers or sellers of injurious products. Anyone in the supply chain may also be held responsible for damages, including the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer. When their product was brought to market, the manufacturers and distributors became legally obligated to provide a well-designed product that is reasonably safe when used as intended. In some cases, a product manufacturer may be strictly liable for a defective product. To win a strict liability case, it must demonstrated that:
- The product had an "unreasonably dangerous" defect that caused injury, and that the defect occurred in the product’s design, during its manufacture, or during shipping or handling.
- The defect caused injury even though the user was using the product in the way the manufacturer said that it was intended to be used.
- The product that caused damage had not changed “substantially” from its original sales condition.
Other forms of product liability claims are negligence (carelessness, recklessness or malice) or breach of warranty of fitness (damage directly resulting from inadequate product warning).
If you or your child has been injured or damaged as a result of a defective product, you may have a claim against the manufacturer or distributor of the product. The first step to take if you have been injured by a defective product is to ensure the product is not lost or destroyed. If you do not have access to the product, contact the Belt Law Firm immediately, so we can take the steps to preserve the product before it is destroyed. Under product liability law, it is the injured party's burden to prove that the product was defective. Therefore, it is important that the product be inspected by one or more qualified experts to determine the exact nature of the defect and that the defect caused the harm suffered. If the product is not recovered, the customer may be left with no proof that the product was defective.
Our product liability attorneys have the experience and knowledge to handle any type of product liability claim. The firm has successfully tried and settled numerous products liability claims against some of the world's largest and most powerful manufacturers.
Our Alabama personal injury attorneys are ready to provide the one on one attention you need and deserve.
For your free product liability consultation with an Alabama Product Liability Attorney fill out our contact form or call us at 888-933-1514 (toll free).
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