Product Liability

Federal and Texas product liability laws hold manufacturers and distributors of products responsible for injury or death caused by the defective product. While product liability defendants can be held liable for their negligence, products liability claims are ordinarily based on strict liability. Rather than focus on the behavior of the manufacturer, strict liability claims focus on the product itself. Under strict liability, the manufacturer is liable if the product is defective, even if the manufacturer was not negligent in making the product defective.

Our attorneys handle personal injury lawsuits for clients throughout the United States, including cases involving:

SUV Rollovers: Many SUVs have a high center of gravity, giving them the propensity to rollover. Many SUVs were designed poorly and few have rollbars.
Tire tread separation: A dangerous and common tire defect is tread separation, which occurs when the tread separates from the tire as the result of a defect in design or manufacturing. Tread separation can lead to a tire blowout and can cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle. Passenger vans and SUVs are at greater risk of a rollover when a tire's tread separates.
Seat back failure: Seatback failure can occur when a vehicle with bucket seats is involved in a collision. The seats may bend or collapse, causing serious personal injuries. Seat back problems are usually the result of flimsy and defective parts, including seatbacks, seat tracks, and recliner mechanisms.
Defective Seatbelts: Thankfully, most Americans now buckle up. However, numerous seat belts have a defect in their design that can lead to serious personal injuries and death. Improperly designed seat belts can cause the buckle to unlatch during an accident or rollover, the belt retractor to fail during an accident, or strangulation, neck and spinal injuries during an accident.
Air bag defects: Not all air bags serve to protect drivers and passengers. When airbags are defective, they can cause chemical burns, severe head injuries, eye damage or even death.
Silicosis: Silicosis is caused by exposure to silica. Inhalation of silica dust can scar and inflame the lung and even cause death.

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