California Product Recall Lawyer

Injury or Accident Caused by Recalled Products

Accidents involving unsafe products cause an estimated 27,000 deaths and countless injuries every year. If you or someone in your household has suffered an accident or injury involving a recalled product, you should seek legal advice from an experienced California product recall lawyer. Product recalls raise a number of specialized legal issues that a lawyer will help you evaluate. The sooner you consult with a product recall attorney, the better able the attorney will be to protect your legal rights and preserve valuable evidence.

If you have an accident or injury involving a recalled product, you need not be the direct purchaser or user of the product to seek a lawyer's advice. Even if someone else was the purchaser and user of the recalled product, your lawyer will help you determine whether you may be eligible to recover damages. For example, if the blade on your neighbor's lawnmower flew off and hit you, you may have a claim. An experienced product recall lawyer will help you evaluate this.

First Meeting with Attorney

At your first meeting, the recalled product attorney will review and discuss the circumstances of your injury or accident. The attorney will gather facts and information from you, review your legal options, and explain what you can expect. Dangers from recalled products fall under one of three types:

• A defect or hazard in how the recalled product was manufactured.
• A defect or hazard in how the recalled product was designed.
• The recalled product's lack of adequate warnings and instructions concerning its safe use.

After consulting with a California product recall lawyer, should you decide to initiate legal action, your attorney's experience in product recall cases will prove invaluable. The attorney will collect relevant evidence, research legal issues, interview witnesses and consult with technical experts.

Determining Who is Responsible

Manufacturers of dangerous products are legally responsible for injuries they cause. In addition, when a manufacturer discovers the danger only after selling a product, its response may create additional legal liability. Your attorney will examine this carefully.

Once the manufacturer discovers that its product poses a threat of injury or accident, it must make reasonable efforts to notify purchasers. If it intentionally conceals this information or does a poor job of providing notice, it may be subject to additional damages, including punitive damages.

Examining the Chain of Distribution

Your lawyer will review your case to determine whether other entities may also bear legal responsibility for the accident or injury. In the case of a product recall, your lawyer will examine the recalled product's entire chain of distribution. Distributors, wholesalers, retailers and others may be at fault. Sometimes, as in the case of recalled food, tracing this chain can be difficult.

Your lawyer will also investigate outside vendors involved in designing or supplying parts for the recalled product. In some cases, your attorney may find that the manufacturer hired an outside firm that was responsible for faulty design of the recalled product. In others, a subcontractor may have manufactured a component that contributed to the recalled product's danger.

The attorney's goal is to represent you zealously and achieve the best possible outcome. In some cases, a negotiated settlement may ensure a fair result while also avoiding the time and expense of a trial. In other cases, your case may be better served by going to trial and letting a judge or jury decide.

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• Responding to a Product Recall
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