Dallas Product Liability Attorneys
Our Product Liability Firms Provides the Fight Clients Need to Keep Companies Accountable & Honest
It doesn’t matter where you live or what you do for work, you probably use hundreds of consumer products every single day. You drive your car to work, put on a helmet before entering a construction site, or buckle your child into their car seat. You rely on each of these products to work properly. Unfortunately, a poor design or defect in the manufacturing process can cause an otherwise trusted product to malfunction and harm you or someone you love. A product that’s advertised for an unsafe use or that does not include proper instructions or warnings could also cause serious injury.
If you were injured by a defective product, it will take a powerful advocate to stand up for your rights. Manufacturers, retailers, and their insurance companies are large corporations with considerable resources—and teams of attorneys—to counteract consumers’ product liability claims.
At Arnold & Itkin, we have a reputation for standing up against the biggest companies in the country and world and securing unmatched settlements and verdicts for our clients. In fact, our attorneys have recovered billions of dollars for the injured. We take on product liability lawsuits nationwide.
To find out how we can help you, call (888) 493-1629 for your free, private consultation. We can answer your questions and put you on the path to recovery.
Types of Product Defects
Any product can have a defect that makes it unsafe for consumer use. This includes:
- Home appliances
- Electronics
- Children’s toys
- Medical devices
- Motor vehicle parts
- E-cigarettes
- Recreational products
- Office equipment
- Child safety products
- Power tools
- Construction equipment
- Heavy machinery
- Offshore equipment
- Sports equipment
Defects are typically divided into three categories:
- Design defects, which affect the overall safety or workability of a product due to its design. In this situation, the product may be manufactured according to specifications but it will still be unsafe because the design is faulty. An example is the 2012 Bumbo seat recall. These molded seats were used to help babies sit up by themselves, but they were missing an important feature: a safety belt. The original design did not include a belt, and the company had to offer a free fix in a recall that affected over 4 million seats.
- Manufacturing defects, which occur during the production process. The product may have been designed correctly, but a defect during manufacturing has rendered it unsafe for use. Using the Bumbo example above, what if the seat had been designed with a safety belt and yet a certain batch of seats was manufactured where the belt was not firmly attached on one side, causing it to come loose while an infant was inside? This would be an example of a manufacturing defect.
- Failure to warn/marketing defects, which are not problems with the product itself but rather the way it is marketed, the instructions for use, or the warning label (or lack of warning label). This makes it unsafe for consumers to use. As a matter of fact, Bumbo had a recall of this kind in 2007, before the safety belt issue. This recall affected 1 million seats after reports of serious head injuries when infants fell out of the seats after they were placed on chairs, tables, or other high surfaces. Bumbo had to issue a recall that included a warning label and additional instructions for use, warning parents and caregivers not to place the seats on elevated surfaces.
Injured by a Defective Product? Call Our Dallas Office!
If a defective product caused you harm or claimed the life of someone you love, work with a team of proven trial lawyers. We offer a free consultation to talk to you about your case. This is your opportunity to get your questions answered and to find out if you should move forward with a lawsuit. From there, if you work with our firm we’ll pay all upfront costs, help you get the care you need, and only accept legal fees if we win. You pay nothing unless there’s a recovery on your behalf.
When companies don't produce safe products, they should be held accountable for harming consumers. Call (888) 493-1629 for a consultation with a firm that demands answers, fights for results, and is never satisfied with anything but the best recovery for clients.
