Medical / General Products Liabilty

Each year, thousands of individuals in the United States are killed or injured by defective products. Manufacturers, distributors and sellers of defective products are liable for the resulting injuries and deaths. Product defect cases can be generally broken down into three categories:

Manufacturing Defects occur when a mistake in the manufacturing process causes the product to be made differently than it was originally designed. For example, a power tool is shipped without a required safety device and subsequently injures a consumer because the safety device was not included as called for by the original product design.
Design Defects occur when the original design of the product is defective and unsafe. For example, an automobile may be defectively designed with a gas tank that explodes easily upon minimal impact.
Warning or Labeling Defects occur when a product poses a risk of injury that is known to the manufacturer but is not obvious to the consumer, and there is no warning or an inadequate warning that the injury could occur. For example, a particular chemical solvent may become volatile or explode at certain temperatures, and there is no warning on the product to alert consumers to this risk.

The attorneys of Dever & Feldstein have significant experience handling product defect cases involving medical devices, prescription drugs, industrial machinery, and consumer and household products. We utilize nationally-recognized experts in pharmacology, engineering, and manufacturing to investigate and testify in product defect cases. Manufacturers and other large corporate defendants have unlimited resources to defend product defect cases, so it is imperative that the consumer's legal team also have access to top experts and other resources necessary to level the playing field at trial.