Product Liability

Because of the nation's many safety laws, most of us assume that the products we buy will be reasonably safe and will work as intended. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case. Each year, dangerous and defective consumer products injure and kill countless Americans of all ages.

If you've been seriously injured or lost someone you love due to a defective product, contact our skilled and caring attorneys at Shanklin Sosa Injury Law. With decades of combined legal experience, we can help you hold the negligent parties accountable.

Most types of product defects fall into three categories: flawed design, problems in the manufacturing process, and failure to provide adequate warnings or accurate instructions.

Examples of product liability claims our attorneys have pursued include:

• A defective pressure cooker that burned a woman's hand
• A malfunctioning air bag that deployed just from turning on the car
• Injuries caused by a defective e-cigarette that exploded inside a client's pocket
• A bunk bed that wasn't installed properly, causing a young boy to fall and break his leg
• A defective recliner that resulted in the tragic death of an infant
• Cases in which gun owners were accidentally shot due to malfunctioning firearms
• Fireworks that blew off part of a young man's hand because they had not been stored properly prior to purchase

The manufacturer of the product is typically held liable, but other parties may be at fault as well. For example, our attorneys handled a case in which a client was seriously injured because a fire pot was advertised using the wrong type of fuel. We were able to successfully litigate against the fire pot manufacturer, the fuel manufacturer and the retailer that sold the products.