Roanoke Product Liability Attorneys

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Compensation Awards in Virginia

Most of the products offered for sale are reasonably safe, and has been tested to verify this fact. However, in relatively rare cases, a product sold or used in Roanoke is defective. When a defective product causes an injury, this brings up the area of law called Product Liability.

Product Liability Laws in Virginia

Three different kinds of defects are classified in the laws of Product Liability in Virginia.

First, there are manufacturing defects. These are defects that occur when a product is soundly designed, but some error in its manufacturing caused it to be defective. For example, the design of a chair might call for a particular type of wood to be used in the legs. If another, more brittle type, were used instead, this would be a manufacturing defect.

Second, design defects are defects that are present because the design is faulty. For instance, if a coffee mug melts any time hot coffee is put in because the design called for the faulty material, this would be a design defect.

First, there are manufacturing defects. These are defects that occur when a product is soundly designed, but some error in its manufacturing caused it to be defective. For example, the design of a chair might call for a particular type of wood to be used in the legs. If another, more brittle type, were used instead, this would be a manufacturing defect.

Find Help for your Product Liability Claim from Lawyers in Roanoke Virginia

If you own or used a product that has harmed you, and you believe it suffers from one of the above defects, you should talk to a Products Liability attorney in Virginia.

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Life in Roanoke

Roanoke is considered the tenth-largest city in Virginia, with an approximate population of 97,000 people. It is located specifically in southwest Virginia, near Salem, Botetourt, Craig, and Franklin.

Top employers include Carilion Clinic, Wal-Mart, Anthem Blue Cross, and the school districts. The legal industry too has a presence via the attorney residents who practice law in small boutique firms or law offices. Thus, residents of Roanoke remain assured that their legal needs can be adequately handled.

Some nicknames of the city include "Star City," The Older Magic City," "Big Lick," and "Capital of the Blue Ridge."

Celebrity residents have included Tony Atlas, Tai Collins, Curtis Staples, John St. Clair, and J.J. Redick.

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