Product liability is the legal right a consumer has to a safe product. Minnesota laws hold manufacturers, distributors, and retailers accountable for losses they cause because of a defective product. At Postman Law, we believe in helping victims recover those losses.
A product liability lawyer in Bloomington from our firm can help you determine who is at fault and what your losses are. Request a free, no-obligation consultation with our Bloomington personal injury lawyers now. We have served over 1.4 million clients.
Types of Product Liability Claims We Handle
Every time you walk into Mall of America or one of the many box stores in the area, you purchase products you expect to use as directed without risk. You purchase medications, give your child toys, and eat food you expect to be safe. When that fails, we step in.
To prove you have a product liability claim, we must demonstrate that the company knew or should have known about the risk and failed to take action to prevent harm. It also means you were using the product as intended. You must also show that the risk was not related to an obvious hazard.
That seems challenging to do, but our extensive experience in handling product liability claims allows our team to know exactly what steps to take to build your claim clearly. Three critical areas of failure are possible: design defects, manufacturing defects, or a lack of warning.
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Design Defects in Product Liability Cases
A design defect occurs when a product is manufactured as expected but has inherent risks when used. That means the consumer used it as intended, but still faced a risk. Some examples include:
- Choking hazards, such as in toys
- Stability issues, such as in vehicles that are too top-heavy or have a narrow wheelbase that makes them unstable
- Lack of safety guards in place, such as a power tool that does not have a guard to shield your hands from use or an appliance that has moving parts within reach
- Hazardous chemical exposure, often when a product contains a known harmful chemical, and the company fails to eliminate it, such as using paint with lead
Design defects originate before the manufacturing occurs. These are situations where the designer knew or should have known that risks existed and failed to take action to prevent that risk. Remember that not every product goes through a clearinghouse to make sure it is safe for you to use.
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Manufacturing Defects in Product Liability
Sometimes the design is not the problem, but an error occurs during the manufacturing process. When this happens, the manufacturer can be held accountable for their contributions to the problem. Some examples of when manufacturing defects happen include:
- Inferior materials used to save money, creating a safety risk
- Incomplete or missing components of the product that create dangerous conditions
- Parts improperly machined or manufactured in a way that creates a defect or risk
- Lack of programming or calibration that results in injuries to users
- Use of unsafe or faulty raw materials in the process
If the manufacturer produced the product using inferior materials, poorly trained technicians, or without careful attention to quality assurance, that risk can be passed on to the user. That means the manufacturer could be held accountable. Retailers can be held accountable if they sell a product with known risks.
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Marketing Defects or Failure to Warn
A third type of product liability claim concerns marketing defects. In this situation, the product’s design and manufacturing are not the concern. Rather, the consumer does not receive the information they need to use the product safely. This can include oversights such as:
- Failure to warn about known risks and dangers through disclaimers or product labeling
- Incomplete instructions that often do not provide consumers with key information they need to use the product safely
- False claims about how the product works or why it works, including exaggeration of the product that minimizes its risks
- Not providing a clear ingredient breakdown or being misleading about ingredients, creating a risk for users
- Misleading advertisements, including in situations where the company knows the product could be risky and fails to take action
Marketing defects are not uncommon and often result from companies trying to minimize risk disclosure or from unknown ways consumers will use the product. Consumers who act responsibly but lack necessary information can seek a product liability claim against those who allowed this to happen.
What Your Product Liability Claim Is Worth
Our product liability attorney in Bloomington will examine all aspects of your case to better understand what your losses are and what type of compensation the manufacturer or other at-fault party should pay you. Some of the damages you may seek include:
- Medical expenses associated with the injuries or illness you develop as a result of exposure
- Lost wages from being unable to work due to your injuries or complications
- Pain and suffering from what occurred
- Partial or full disability for permanent losses
- Emotional trauma and mental anguish
Minnesota law provides victims with up to four years to seek legal action in most types of strict liability and breach of implied warranty claims. If your claim falls under a personal injury matter proven by negligence, you may have up to six years to file a lawsuit (Sec. 541.05 MN Statutes).
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Put your trust in Postman Law. Let our decades of experience across all of our attorneys work in your favor. We have helped 1.4 million victims fight back and recover damages owed to them. In doing so, those victims have recovered over $3 billion in settlements and verdicts.
Request a free consultation with us now. Allow our Bloomington product liability lawyer to become the asset you need in these challenging situations. You pay us nothing unless we win your case.