If you have been hurt by a product, you may have a product liability claim which entitles you to recover damages from the seller and/or manufacturer of the product.

Manufacturers and distributors have a duty to ensure the safety of their products, and to adequately warn consumers of the risks associated with the use of their products. If the manufactures and distributors of a product fail to meet reasonable standards of safety, these parties may be liable for injuries that result from their negligence or from defects in their products. Some products are considered defective because the design is unsafe, while others are defective because of the absence of adequate warnings about hazards associated with using the product. Other products are defective because they break under normal use. When product manufacturers and distributors manufacture or sell products that fail to meet reasonable standards of safety or are otherwise defective, they can be liable for the damages caused by the defective products. 

Under product liability law, the manufacturer and/or distributor of a defective product can be held liable for injuries and deaths that result from inherent design flaws, manufacturing defects, and inadequate warnings of the risks of using the product. Depending on the nature and cause of the injury, the retailer, wholesaler, distributor or manufacturer of the unsafe or malfunctioning product may be found liable for damages. In order to establish liability, the victim must prove exactly what caused the injury and that the injury could have been prevented if reasonable safety and design standards had been met.