If you have been injured by a defective product in New York, your case will fall under a legal category known as product liability. Product liability cases involve manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers and any others who make products for the public. These companies can be held liable for defective product injuries.

There are three main types of product liability claims – manufacturing defect, design defect and failure to warn. In a case of a manufacturing defect, it needs to be proven that a defect occurred during the manufacturing process, which may include low quality or toxic materials or poor workmanship. A design defect case would involve a defective product that had a design that made it dangerous or useless. When there is a case of failure to warn, it means that a defect arose in a product that did not have a warning of an inherent non-obvious danger.

Claims can be made against manufacturers and other companies involved in the making and distribution of a product for breach of warranty, negligence or strict liability. An experienced New York product liability lawyer would be able to advise you on what type of claim you may have in a defective product case.

Contact the law office of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine at 800.734.9445 for legal advice regarding your New York defective product case.