Product Liability
When you use a household appliance, a motor vehicle, sports equipment or a wide variety of other products, you have a right to expect a reasonable degree of safety while using the product according to the manufacturer’s guidelines. Too often inadequate warnings, insufficient instructions or design or manufacturing defects result in serious injury.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, product manufacturers, advertisements and media outlets regularly announce unsafe product recalls. Defective products range from children’s toys, computer batteries, household appliances and sports equipment to cars, trucks, motorcycles and all terrain vehicles.
If a defective product has injured you, it is important to consult a products liability lawyer as soon as possible after determining an injury or condition has occurred. The New Jersey statute pertaining to products liability actions sets forth a two years with Discovery Rule. Usually “discovery” means when the plaintiff discovers his condition or when the condition should have been discovered with the exercise of reasonable diligence. In New Jersey the date of the occurrence or accident counts in the computation of the statute of limitations.
The product’s manufacturer, supplier or seller may be held liable for damages if you can prove liability. At the North Brunswick law firm of Martin Kane Kuper, our products liability lawyers can explain your rights and will take immediate action to preserve evidence and document the circumstances surrounding the product’s use and your injury.
A product may be defined as defective, if it is deemed unreasonably dangerous to a user who would use it in a normal way. Because proving a product was, indeed, defective, can be difficult, our products liability attorneys will analyze the merits of your case and will investigate:
- Product defects
- Design defects
- Manufacturing defects
- Product instructions or warnings
If your products liability lawsuit is successful, you may be entitled to:
- Compensatory damages
- Lost time from work
- Property damage resulting from use of the defective product
- Pain and suffering
- Punitive damages
With significant experience with products liability lawsuits, our attorneys have a proven track record of positive results, winning millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. We have represented clients injured while using defective cars, swimming pools, ladders, industrial machinery, airplanes and sports equipment, to name a few examples. Our hope is that legal action will not only compensate our client for their injuries, but will also ensure that future design and manufacturing will result in safer products.
If you have been injured by an unsafe product or need legal advice concerning products liability, call our law firm at (877) NJLaw4U to arrange an appointment with a products liability lawyer.
Products Liability Attorneys
New Jersey civil litigation attorneys providing legal services for clients including but not limited to the cities of Asbury Park, Belmar, Colts Neck, Deal, Eatontown, Freehold, Hazlet, Holmdel, Howell, Keansburg, Keyport, Long Branch, Manalapan, Manasquan, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown, Monmouth Beach, Neptune, Ocean, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Sea Girt, Shrewsbury, Spring Lake, Tinton Falls and Wall |
