Irvine Product Liability Lawyer

As you go about your daily life, you come into contact with dozens of consumer products. From your car to your kitchen cleaner, you likely rely on the safety of many different products to live a happy and healthy life.

If a product malfunctions and causes harm, you may need the help of our Irvine product liability lawyer to recover damages. Our personal injury attorneys at Levin & Nalbandyan could advise you on who might be responsible for a defective product and who should compensate you.

How Defective Products and Liability Work

Once someone has created a product and released it for public use, they typically no longer have control over it. Instead, a wholesaler might control the product and eventually distribute it to retailers, who then sell it to individuals. At the same time, the companies that design products and put them onto the market retain some responsibility if those products cause damage.

Depending on the product and its flaw, various companies in the chain of commerce could be liable. Product defects include design defects, manufacturing defects, and marketing defects.

A product with an inherent design flaw can subject the original producer to liability if that flaw causes injury, and it can be shown that the producer made a choice not to implement a safer design. A manufacturing defect, by contrast, is a flaw that is introduced further on in the manufacturing process, which can make an intermediate manufacturer responsible rather than the original producer or a retailer.

Finally, a product without sufficient warnings for use could have a marketing defect, or a failure to warn. Rather than something wrong with the product itself, a marketing defect might involve a failure to comply with government regulations about warnings or a failure to warn users about a dangerous characteristic of the product known by the producer.

If a company puts out a product with one of these defects and can be found responsible, our Irvine injury attorneys could help you make a compensation claim based on product liability.

Bringing a Product Liability Claim With the Help of a Lawyer

Product liability claims are different from most injury claims in that they do not require much intention or unreasonable action. A typical injury claim requires proof of negligence, but a defective product places strict liability on the responsible company.

You only need to show that the defect existed when the product was put out, but getting that evidence can be difficult. Our attorneys could help by interviewing witnesses and obtaining documents regarding injuries caused both to you and to other, similar consumers.

Our Irvine attorneys could also help by seeking out experts who can speak about the specific defective product and the source of liability. For example, if a defective car part causes an accident, you may need an automobile expert to explain to the court how that part should work and why the accident happened. Similarly, a chemist or engineer might be helpful in explaining highly technical information to a judge or jury if the product is something such as a cleaner, pesticide, or complex appliance.

Our attorneys could also anticipate the other side’s legal arguments and challenge their evidence. On a procedural level, they could also make sure that your claim is filed within the statute of limitations, only two years from the date of the injury under California Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1.

Discuss a Potential Claim With Our Irvine Product Liability Attorneys

If a product causes an accident and hurts you or a loved one, you may wonder what you can do about it. Fortunately, our attorneys could assist you in bringing a lawsuit against the company that put out a defective product.

Our Irvine product liability lawyer could bring the resources and experience of Levin & Nalbandyan to your case. Contact us to discuss product liability and find out what damages you could recover.