Macon Product Liability Lawyers
Consumers trust that the products they buy are safe. When manufacturers, designers, or distributors put defective products into the stream of commerce, they expose innocent people to serious harm. Georgia's product liability law allows injured victims to hold the entire chain of distribution accountable — from the original designer to the retailer who sold the product.
Product liability cases may involve defective automobiles and auto parts, dangerous medical devices and drugs, defective tools and machinery, unsafe consumer goods, contaminated food products, and more.
Three Types of Product Defects
- Design defects: The product was inherently unsafe because of how it was designed, even when manufactured correctly
- Manufacturing defects: An error during the production process made a specific product dangerous
- Marketing defects (failure to warn): The manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings or instructions about the product's dangers
Georgia imposes strict liability on manufacturers of products that are sold in the state in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the consumer or user. The injured party need not prove negligence — only that the product was defective and that the defect caused the injury.