Compensation Awards in Washington

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

The Law of Product Liability in Washington

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

The first type are manufacturing defects. These are defects that occur when a product was assembled or made improperly. For example, if a table has a sound design, but during assembly two key bolts were not installed, this would be a manufacturing defect.

The second type is the design defect. This occurs when a product is not of sound design, and will be defective even if made to specifications. For example, if a kitchen knife's specifications call for a metal blade that is extremely thin and brittle, creating a risk that it might break, causing injury, this is a design defect.

The first type are manufacturing defects. These are defects that occur when a product was assembled or made improperly. For example, if a table has a sound design, but during assembly two key bolts were not installed, this would be a manufacturing defect.

Find Guidance for your Product Liability Claim in Fife Washington

If you owned or used a product, and it hurt you because of one of the above defects, you should hire a Products Liability lawyer in Washington.