HENDERSON PRODUCT LIABILITY ATTORNEY

More About Product Liability

Manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers have a grave responsibility to the consumer, and as such, must follow several stringent regulations and fulfill numerous requirements before releasing their product for consumer use. Failure to do so could put them at risk for a potential product liability lawsuit. At Naqvi Injury Law, our Las Vegas product liability attorneys have advocated on behalf of a number of clients who were injured due to inadequate warning labels, design defects, and manufacturers defects, and now we are prepared to fight for you.

Product Liability Case Types

The customer may bring a claim for one of three reasons even though a manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer has an inherent duty of care to the consumer:

1. Negligence
2. Strict Liability
3. Breach of Warranty

Negligence:: If you decide to file a lawsuit for negligence, you must demonstrate that the maker was irresponsible throughout the product’s design, manufacturing, or both phases. Additionally, you must demonstrate that the faulty product was to blame for your damages and subsequent injuries. You must demonstrate that the manufacturer or another party in the distribution chain owed you, the customer, a duty of care and that they violated that duty by acting carelessly. A duty breach can be established by demonstrating that the defendant was aware of or ought to have been aware of the fault and failed to remedy it as required.

Product development involves many different steps, many of which can be taken incorrectly. These consist of::

• the creation or evaluation of product plans;;;
• the upkeep of the equipment used to create the items;
• failing to anticipate potential uses for the product beyond those originally planned;
• failure to anticipate and/or test for such flaws; and
• the hasty launching of a product in an effort to outdo the competitors.

Strict Liability:Nevada is a strict liability state, therefore to establish that a product’s design, manufacture, or warning labels caused the plaintiff’s injuries, the plaintiff only needs to show that the product caused the injuries. Regardless of how carefully the manufacturer made the goods, the plaintiff will probably succeed if they can show that any one of these factors contributed to their injuries. However, keep in mind that in order to establish strict culpability, the commodity must have been obtained through the chain of distribution at the time of purchase and cannot have been secondhand.

Breach of Warranty:Finally, a manufacturer or retailer may be held liable for violating the consumer’s warranty. Two different warranty kinds can be revoked:

1. Express Warranty:An express warranty is simply an assumed warranty, meaning that the maker or retailer presented the goods in a particular light in order to persuade the customer that it is secure and secure to be used as they shown.
   Implied Warranty: An implied warranty is a commitment given directly by the manufacturer about the security of the product.
2. Implied Warranty:An implied warranty is a direct promise made by the manufacturer regarding the product’s safety.

If either the express warranty or the implied warranty is breached in any way, the consumer has grounds to sue the manufacturer or retailer.