Product liability law deals with the liability of a product's manufacturer, supplier or seller, if a product defect causes a malfunction or does not perform as a reasonable person would expect and causes harm to the person who used the product.

In the U. S., defective products cause thousands of injuries and death each year. In an attempt to warn consumers, when product defects are discovered, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission lists product recalls on their web site. Manufacturers send warning notices to consumers who may have purchased a product later determined as possibly defective, and product recalls are announced regularly on radio and TV and are printed in magazines. Defective products range from cars, trucks, air bags, sports equipment, household appliances, computer batteries, tools, toys and prescription drugs to name a few examples.

Product defects fall into three basic categories:
Design defects
Insufficient instructions or warnings regarding usage
Manufacturing defects

If you are seriously injured, whether or not you have a basis for a product liability claim lies not only in an injury resulting from use of an item, but also in whether or not the product was defective or unexpectedly dangerous.

Under Massachusetts product liability law, if you can prove that the product that injured you was in an unreasonably dangerous condition, you may have grounds for a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor or seller.

A product is considered unreasonably dangerous if:
The product fails to perform safely as an ordinary person would expect, when used as it was intended.
The product fails to perform as the manufactures might reasonably foresee.
The risk of danger in the product's design outweighs the benefits.


Product liability actions in Massachusetts must be brought within two years after you are injured; therefore, it is important that you contact a product liability lawyer as soon after your accident as possible.

At Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyers, our Massachusetts products liability lawyers have a proven track record of positive results, representing plaintiff's product liability claims. When you seek our legal counsel, we will determine how you were injured, the extent of your injuries, whether or not the product was defective or dangerous and the legal remedies available to you.

If you have been harmed by a dangerous or defective product and need legal help. Our attorneys are available 24/7.