Dallas Product Liability Lawyers | Using Products Safely

Even though consumers are protected by product liability law, there are some activities that will generally disqualify you from getting a jury award if you're injured by a product. The most important thing is that you are using the product according to its instructions, that you are obeying any warning labels with which the product was provided and that you weren't using the product for a purpose for which it was not intended to be used. If, however, you were obeying all of these guidelines and you were injured by a product, you may well be able to recover compensation by a jury award.

Whenever a product liability lawsuit is filed, the party filing it is alleging that the manufacturer was somehow negligent in a way that caused injury to the person filing the suit. For example, if a person had every reason to believe that a product could be used safely because the manufacturer’s advertising implied that it was safe for the purpose for which the person was using it, there's really no way that it's the consumer’s fault if they were injured because the product did not perform as was advertised. Likewise, if the consumer is injured because a clear danger that the product posed when used as intended wasn't revealed to the consumer, that consumer again may have a lawsuit on their hands.

A product liability claim can be filed because the product was manufactured in a way that was dangerous, because the product was advertised in a way that was untrue or because the product had a design flaw that wasn't addressed before it was released onto the market. If the manufacturer was negligent in that they didn't consider the safety of their customers enough, a product liability lawsuit may be a way that those customers can recover damages from the manufacturer.

Only a jury will be able to determine whether or not your claim is one that pins negligence firmly upon the manufacturer. In order to make this happen, you need to make sure you hire an attorney who has experience arguing these claims. If you hire an inexperienced attorney, they may not be familiar enough with the world of product liability law to represent you effectively. Look for an attorney who works on contingency. This way, you can be sure that they believe your case will win. They don't get paid if you don't win, so it doesn't make sense for them to take losing cases.