Delaware Product Liability Lawyers

Representing clients in Seaford, Wilmington and Newark, DE and more who were hurt by defective products

When you purchase a product, you expect that it will work the way it is supposed to work, but you also do not expect that the product will cause you physical harm. But sometimes when a product has a defect, it ends up causing injury and even death. In a products liability case, the plaintiff need only prove that they were injured by the defective product. Once they have established that the product defect caused the injury, the manufacturer or the defendant must prove that their product was not defective at all.

At the Delaware injury law firm of Silverman, McDonald & Friedman, we have the experience, the skills and the resources to guide you through the process of investigating the incident or accident, determining who is liable for your injuries, and then filing a lawsuit so that you can recover compensation for your injuries and other losses.

Types of products liability torts cases

There are three broad categories of products liability cases:

1. Defective design. A defect in the design of a product can be the culprit as in the case of the design of vehicles that have an exceptionally high center of gravity, which causes them to tip and rollover easily.
2. Defective manufacture. In some cases, it is in the way that a product is made that defect occurs. An example might be a faulty ignition switch that could shut a car’s engine off while the car was in motion.
3. Defective marketing (Failure to warn cases). A product could be defective despite having faultless design and manufacturing if the maker does not include enough information on the safe and proper use of the product. Failure to warn can also apply to dangerous drug cases when the manufacturer knows of certain demographic groups that should not take the medication (i.e. pregnant women, those over age 65, etc.) due to possible adverse effects.