Compensation Awards in Vermont

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 Randolph is defective. When a defective product causes an injury, this brings up the area of law called Product Liability.

Product Liability Laws in Vermont

There are 3 basic categories of product defects in Vermont.

Manufacturing defects are the first. These are defects that come from the actual production and making of the product. For example, if essential screws, which are called for in the design, are not installed in a chair, and the chair breaks when someone sits on it as a result, this is 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 wrong material, this would be a design defect.

Manufacturing defects are the first. These are defects that come from the actual production and making of the product. For example, if essential screws, which are called for in the design, are not installed in a chair, and the chair breaks when someone sits on it as a result, this is a manufacturing defect.

Help for your Product Liability Claim in Randolph Vermont

If you owned or used a product, and it injured you because of one of the above defects, you should contact a Products Liability lawyer in Vermont.