Temecula Product Liability Lawyer Product Liabilty Attorney Hemet

Thousands of consumers sustain serious injuries from defective products every year. Many of these injuries could be avoided if additional steps were taken by manufacturers or distributors of these products to protect consumers. As consumers, we rely on the designers, manufacturers, and retailers of various items to provide consumers with safe, effective, and appropriately labeled products. For nearly 20 years, The Law Offices of Sweeney, Sweeney, & Sweeney have successfully represented hundreds of plaintiffs in lawsuits against manufacturers and distributors of defective or unsafe consumer products including: medical devices, automobiles, tires, electronics and appliances. As part of our personal injury and wrongful death practice, we assist injured individuals in bringing their claims for their injuries or fatalities caused by a manufacturing flaw or defect, a design flaw or defect, or where a product is unreasonably dangerous because of inadequate instructions or warnings. Our firm ensures that injured consumers or the family and heirs of deceased consumers receive fair treatment under the law and seek full and fair compensation for injuries caused by dangerous and defective products. If you or a loved one has been injured by a defective product, contact the Defective Product lawyers of Sweeney, Sweeney, & Sweeney today. Based in Temecula, we are dedicated to helping people across California, including Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Hemet and other communities within Riverside County.

California Product Liability Law

Under California law, a product liability lawsuit may be instituted against any person or entity that participated in making or marketing a defective product or an entity that put that product into the stream of commerce. This may include, for instance, a manufacturer, distributor, and/or a retailer of a product, whether that company is located in California or elsewhere.

What Is Product Liability?

Product liability refers to a manufacturer or seller being held liable for placing a defective product into the hands of a consumer. When you have been injured by a defective or dangerous product, potentially liable parties include:

• The manufacturer
• The manufacturer of component parts
• The wholesaler
• The retail store that sold to the product.

In general terms, the law requires that a product meet the ordinary expectations of the consumer. When a product has an unexpected defect or danger, the product cannot be said to meet the ordinary expectations of the consumer. Products containing inherent defects that cause harm to a consumer of the product, or someone to whom the product was loaned, given, etc., are the subjects of products liability suits. While products are generally thought of as tangible personal property, products liability has stretched that definition to include intangibles (gas), naturals (pets), real estate (house), and writings (navigational charts).

When you file a product liability claim, you are suing the makers or sellers of injurious products. Anyone in the supply chain can 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. To prove a product liability case an attorney must demonstrate that:

• The product had an "unreasonably dangerous" defect that caused your injury, and that the defect occurred in the product's design, during its manufacture, or during shipping or handling.
• The defect caused your injury even though you were 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 warnings). Each of these types of suits has its advantages and disadvantages, and we will recognize and recommend the avenue that offers the greatest chance of recompense. In some cases, we may opt to use a combination of the three.

At Sweeney, Sweeney, & Sweeney, we will investigate the cause of an accident caused by a defective product, obtain the opinions of the best experts in the industry, and fight for your rights to just compensation. All product liability claims are on contingency basis. What that means is the attorney is only paid if he or she wins money damages for you the client. For a free consultation, contact The Law Offices of Sweeney, Sweeney, & Sweeney today.

About this Page: Thousands of consumers sustain serious injuries from defective products needing product liability attorneys every year. If you reside in Temecula, Hemet or Riverside County and require a product liability lawyer, contact Sweeney Attorneys. We have represented plaintiffs of defective products for over 20 years. If you need a product liability or defective product lawyer, call us for more information on Temecula, Hemet and Riverside City product liability attorneys.