{"id":364,"date":"2015-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/understanding-product-liability-claims\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:34:18","slug":"understanding-product-liability-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/understanding-product-liability-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding product liability claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Product safety should be a top priority in every industry. Unfortunately, dangerous and defective products still surface regularly across the country. Last week, for example, a prominent U.S.-based manufacturer of children\u2019s car seats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/03\/21\/business\/graco-to-pay-10-million-for-delay-in-recall-of-defective-child-seats.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">settled a lawsuit<\/a> involving defective safety buckles. The manufacturer agreed to pay $3 million in fines and invest $7 million toward enhanced safety programs.<\/p>\n<p>Defects in manufacturing are not the only type of product liability claim. Dangerous products can also involve an unsafe design or inadequate warnings.<\/p>\n<p>In any type of product defect claim, experienced legal representation can hold the keys to success. These claims are extremely complex. They may involve multiple defendants \u2013 perhaps not just the manufacturer, but also the product designer, supplier or distributor. The claim may involve theories of negligence, breach of warranty or both. Proving liability often requires obtaining expert testimony regarding structural aspects, manufacturing processes or engineering issues that contributed to the defect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/understanding-product-liability-claims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Understanding product liability claims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Product safety should be a top priority in every industry. Unfortunately, dangerous and defective products still surface regularly across the country. Last week, for example, a prominent U.S.-based manufacturer of children\u2019s car seats settled a lawsuit involving defective safety buckles. The manufacturer agreed to pay $3 million in fines and invest $7 million toward enhanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defective-products","tag-defective-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Understanding product liability claims &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 28, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Understanding product liability claims - Defective Products - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/understanding-product-liability-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Understanding product liability claims &#8212; 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