In the situation that a party is harmed or in any way loses something due to a dangerous or defective product then there is a possibility of product recovery through product liability lawsuit.

Types of Defective Products

There are three categories of defective products: It will be considered a manufacturing defect, a design defect or a defect in the warnings or instructions.

• A defectively manufactured product is when, a consumer product is tainted in such a way that it indicates that the product is not properly made.
• A design defect arises from an inherent danger which means that this product was manufactured defectively but with compliance to the manufacturing specifications and the purpose or the features of the line of products leads to their intrinsic danger.
• The third type of defect is failure to give adequate warnings or correct instructions in order to give the consumer preparedness for rages that are not easily identifiable and which calls for certain precautions to be taken.

Injuries From Defective Products

Consumer products, automobiles, industrial machinery, and other appliances or equipment can be of sub-standard and thus lead to a traumatic brain injury. Now, let us take some specific examples of faulty design, which can be illustrated as follows: Accidents at the workplace account to be ranging between 10 to 15 percent which is caused by defectively designed equipment. It is the responsibilities of the manufactures to ensure that they produce goods that are safe to be used at home or commercially because (most products pose a serious threat of brain injury or any other harm to society if the above manufactures products are put on the market).

Usually, the process of recovering for defective product that leads to TBI is under a theory of negligence, strict liability or breach of warranty. As in the application of these liability theories, the injured plaintiff has to demonstrate that it is the product that resulted to the traumatic brain injury which normally occurred in the form of an open or closed head injury. The mechanism of injury can be any consumer product with moving parts and loose parts of the equipment, slip and fall or impacting force which force the head to do focal damaging changes or simple penetration of the skull, or impact.

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If you have been knocked down by a vehicle & suffering from head injury occasioned by a defective consumer product it’s advisable to seek the assistance of an experienced personal attorney to be advised on your legal status. For more information on how to get a free consultation with a personal injury attorney please do not hesitate to call US Legal Voice Law firm.