Product Liability Lawyer

Serving West Virginia and Ohio, including Parkersburg, Charleston, Morgantown, Huntington, Wheeling, Belpre, and Athens

Product liability refers to the responsibility a manufacturer, retailer, supplier, or other provider of a product or service may have for injuries caused by that product or service. Specifically, manufacturers are required to ensure that all products are safe when used properly. If you suffer an injury from using a defective product, our West Virginia and Ohio product liability lawyers can help you recover compensation for your damages.

Every year in the United States, thousands of preventable deaths, injuries and instances of property damage occur due to defective products. According to the Product Recall Research Group, there can be as many as 2,000-3,000 product recalls each year. Products commonly recalled include:

• Defective children's products
• Defective motor vehicles
• Defective appliances and tools
• Defective drugs
• Defective medical devices
• Defective sports/recreation equipment

What Makes Something Defective?

There are basically two kinds of defective products: those with design flaws and those that are improperly manufactured. A design defect occurs when a manufacturer uses a faulty engineering process to design a product that turns out to be dangerous. In a case such as this, every single product that came off that particular assembly line would have to be recalled as they would all have the same defect.

A manufacturing defect takes place when the product is not made as designed. The design may be good, but the way in which the product was assembled is flawed. The problem may affect only some of the products that come off that assembly line. A product is also considered defective if it does not live up to its guarantees or if it has incomplete, incorrect, or unclear guidelines/instructions for use.

Products may be tampered with, accidentally contaminated or even deemed dangerous because of new scientific information regarding a material ingredient of the product. Some recalls involve only a small number or model type of a product while other recalls may large numbers of a product.

For additional information, please read our Product Liability Questions page.

Product liability law is very complex and difficult for most people to understand. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you seek legal advice from an experienced product liability lawyer if you have been injured by a defective product.

Please contact our experienced West Virginia and Ohio product liability attorneys today to schedule your free initial consultation. Our attorneys represent injured victims throughout West Virginia and Southern Ohio including the communities of Belpre, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Athens, Morgantown, Charleston, and Huntington.