Atlanta Products Liability Lawyers
The companies that make and sell our food, toys, clothes and other consumer products have a legal duty to make sure those products are safe. Unfortunately, more and more Americans discover each year that they can’t always trust companies to fulfill that duty. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a federal agency that regulates product safety and tracks recalls, estimates that 33.1 million Americans are injured each year by consumer products. The agency reports that our economy loses more than $700 billion annually to deaths, injuries and property damage caused by defective products.
Types of Atlanta Products Liability Lawsuit
Unfortunately, these injuries could almost always be avoided if the product’s maker had taken a little more care before they took it to the market, or warned consumers about the risks of using it. Recalls usually don’t take place until after several consumers have been hurt; in some cases, they must be ordered by the federal government. Under the law, there are three ways a manufacturer could be liable for a defective product:
- Design defects — flaws that were built in by a shoddy design.
- Manufacturing defects — flaws that were introduced by defective manufacturing.
- Failure to warn — the manufacturer has a duty to tell us when using a product in an intended or foreseeable way can be dangerous.
Georgia state law gives its citizens the right to sue a manufacturer over serious injuries they sustained from a defective product. These lawsuits are called products liability lawsuits, and they can arise from virtually any consumer product. Flaws that could lead to a Georgia products liability suit include:
- Contamination in food or medicines.
- Electrical wiring problems.
- Mislabeled or unlabeled products.
- Failure to safety-test a product fully.
- Use of poisonous or carcinogenic materials.
- Magnets and small parts that children can swallow.
- Unreasonably weak materials that can break and expose wiring.
- Medications that weren’t tested fully or whose flaws weren’t disclosed to patients.
Expert Atlanta Products Liability Law Firm
The skilled Atlanta personal injury lawyers at Allen L. Broughton, P.C., have represented many people who were injured by defective machinery, tools, medications and other consumer products. Our Atlanta-based firm has practiced Georgia products liability law for years, which gives us the experience, knowledge and resources necessary to bring a successful products liability lawsuit to court. We understand laws and standards for product manufacture and distribution, and we know where to find expert witnesses who can help prove your case and the extent of your injuries. We can help you secure damages to pay your medical bills, make up for income lost to days off work, support your family and compensate you financially for serious physical, emotional and financial injuries, a permanent disability or a death. Perhaps just as important, we can help you tell your story to the world and stop a dangerous product from hurting other people like you.
If you’re considering a Georgia products liability lawsuit but would like to learn more, contact Allen L. Broughton, P.C. today for a free consultation.
Product Liability Verdicts & Settlements:
$759,000.00 – Products Liability – (Confidential).
$525,000.00 – Products Liability / Airline Negligence (Confidential).
*These prior case results are not representative of the value of any other cases and no case results are guaranteed. Each case is different and the results differ based on the facts of the individual case.
