Anaheim Product Liability Lawyer
Anaheim Product Liability Attorney
Serious injuries can occur when a defective product unexpectedly fails during normal use or presents a hidden danger to consumers. An Anaheim product liability lawyer from Easton & Easton advocates on behalf of injured consumers and employees who have been hurt by dangerous consumer goods, tools, machinery, and industrial products.
Product liability claims typically involve catastrophic injuries and require a complex analysis of legal and technical issues related to the cause of the product failure. When a dangerous product causes an injury, California law may permit the injured victim to seek damages from the parties responsible for placing the product in the marketplace.
Hire a Product Liability Lawyer
Easton & Easton is a California personal injury law firm with over 100 years of combined experience in the litigation of complex injury claims in Orange County, California. Our firm handles cases on behalf of individuals injured by dangerous or defective consumer products and defective industrial equipment used in homes, workplaces, and in the construction and operation of industrial plants.
Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers chose our firm for its legal work. When you hire a product liability lawyer from Easton & Easton, you get a firm that approaches product liability cases on a litigation-driven basis, focusing on investigating and developing the evidentiary record, and preparing every case for trial if necessary to achieve a resolution.
When a Dangerous Product Becomes a Legal Claim
A product liability claim results when a product is unreasonably dangerous and injures a person while being used as intended or for a reasonably foreseeable purpose.
Under California’s strict product liability doctrine, injured consumers may file claims for damages without having to prove carelessness by a product’s manufacturer or seller. To be found liable, the defendants’ product must have been defective when it left their control, and the plaintiff’s injury must have resulted from the defect.
Product liability claims can be connected to products that were used in a private residence, warehouse, construction site, gymnasium, or commercial facility. Determining if a product is defective under the law often involves complex product design, manufacturing, and warnings and instructions.
Product liability claims filed in Anaheim are resolved in the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, which has general civil jurisdiction over personal injury and defective product litigation. These cases are filed as unlimited civil cases and are litigated at the Orange County Superior Court civil halls, most frequently in Santa Ana.
Types of Product Defects Recognized Under California Law
Products can be defective for various reasons, even if the product is used as intended. Some defects can be traced to the design stage and affect entire product lines. Other defects occur during the manufacturing stage and may affect only individual units of products. Products may also be found defective if warnings or instructions fail to properly communicate known risks to users. The magnitude of product-related harm is also a nationwide concern.
Surveillance data on consumer injury indicate that each year, nearly 15.1 million individuals are treated in US emergency departments for injuries involving consumer products. If a defect can increase the chance of injury beyond what an ordinary consumer would expect, California law may allow for a product liability claim.
How Product Liability Cases Are Built and Proven
Product liability cases frequently hinge on technical evidence and professional analysis to determine how a defect caused injury. Investigations may include examination of the product, engineering or materials testing, safety evaluations, and analysis of warnings, packaging, or internal corporate records. Product-related injuries to children are an important subject in this analysis.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that 154,700 children aged 12 and younger were treated in US emergency departments for toy-related injuries in 2023. In Anaheim, lawyers may also assess foreseeable use, adequacy of warnings, and whether safety risks were properly disclosed before the product entered the marketplace.
FAQs
Can a Product Liability Claim Be Filed if the Product Was Used at Work?
Injuries sustained in the course of one’s employment can still give rise to a product liability claim. Product liability claims concern themselves with whether the product was defective at the time that it was placed into the stream of commerce, not where the injury occurred.
In many cases where workers’ compensation benefits are available, an independent claim may also be maintained against a manufacturer or distributor if a defective product was a cause of one’s injuries.
Does a Product Have to Completely Fail to Be Considered Defective?
A product need not be completely inoperable to be defective. A product can be defective if it creates unreasonable risks to its users when put to its normal or expected use, or any other reasonably foreseeable use. A user may be injured by a product even if it technically performs its intended function properly, depending on the decisions in its design, the components and materials used in it, or the warnings it carries about known dangers.
Are Product Liability Claims Limited to New Products?
Product liability claims are not confined to new or recently purchased products. Liability turns on whether the product was defective when it first entered the stream of commerce, not how old the product is at the time of injury. A claim may be viable if the defect pre-existed the sale and the product was not substantially altered after it left the manufacturer’s control.
Can Multiple Companies Be Held Responsible for a Defective Product?
More than one company can be liable if more than one defendant was involved in the introduction of a defective product to the marketplace. Parties that have been held liable in product liability cases have included manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and retailers. California’s strict product liability law, as stated in CACI No. 1200, allows an injured consumer to sue each person in a product’s chain of distribution for a product defect that caused the injury.
Contact an Anaheim Product Liability Lawyer
Product liability cases can involve complex evidence, multiple defendants, and strict deadlines. If an unsafe or defective product has caused you injury, it is important to understand your rights under California law. Easton & Easton is committed to protecting injured consumers in Orange County, and we investigate each case thoroughly and with attention to detail. Call our office to find out if you may have a product liability claim. Schedule a consultation today.
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Easton & Easton was recently honored for securing a $32,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as one of the Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in the entire United States in 2024 by TopVerdict.com.
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Doug Easton has held the "AV Preeminent" Rating for over 30 years, and Matt Easton received this prestigious distinction in 2015. The AV Preeminent rating is the highest possible rating for both legal ability and ethical standards, based on the legal profession's oldest peer review rating system — dating back to 1887. When your peers have trusted your ability and integrity for over three decades, that says everything.
We were recently honored for securing a $26,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as a the #1 Personal Injury Settlement in Los Angeles County in 2023 by TopVerdict.com.
Brian Easton was selected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in 2015. ABOTA is one of the most premier associations of trial attorneys and judges, requiring a proven track record of jury trials as lead counsel and approval by a majority vote of the ABOTA board. Membership isn't given — it's earned in the courtroom.
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Easton & Easton was honored for securing a $20,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as one of the Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in the entire United States in 2019 by TopVerdict.com.
Both Doug and Matt Easton have been selected as Top Personal Injury Attorneys by Avvo with scores of 10 out of 10 — based on skill, experience, results, peer evaluations, and client reviews. A perfect score. No room for higher.
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We were recently honored for our efforts in securing a $1,850,000 verdict for a client, which was selected as one of the Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2016 by TopVerdict.com.
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