Products Liability Suit

If you are faced with a products liability suit, it makes sense to work with a law firm that is both experienced and knowledgeable. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (SHB) is one of the leading products liability litigation firms in the industry. We are extremely capable of handling the products liability suit filed against you or your organization.

A products liability suit can take on many forms. Although manufacturers and sellers have a duty to take precautions and provide adequate warnings and instructions, the public can still obtain products that are unavoidably unsafe. Although a seller is not held strictly liable for providing the public with a product that is needed and wanted in spite of the potential risk of danger, this situation often results in a products liability suit. Prescription drugs are a common example of this because of their potential to cause serious harm if used unreasonably.

The duty to warn consumers of unavoidable dangers presents special problems if certain individuals are likely to suffer allergic reactions. The law considers an allergy to be a reaction suffered by a minority of people that is triggered by exposure to some substance. Courts used to reject claims based on allergic reactions, reasoning that the product was reasonably safe and that the injury was caused by a defect peculiar to the individual. That approach has been abandoned, with manufacturers providing careful instructions on use and clear warnings about possible symptoms that suggest an allergic reaction.

The National Law Journal singled out our SHB product liability group for its “cutting-edge work on the defense side” that includes litigation related to pharmaceuticals and medical devices; alcohol, tobacco and firearms; automobiles and machinery; aviation; electronics and fire protection equipment; and chemical applications. Our approach to each products liability suit combines the varied resources from our skilled products liability team located around the world with our focus on the client.

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