How can a product be defective?
• Manufacturing Defects • Design Defects • Duty to Warn Manufacturing Defects A manufacturing defect occurs when the particular product that causes your injury is different from other items manufactured by the defendant, as a result of something going wrong during the manufacturing process. Manufacturing defects result from some mishap in the manufacturing process itself, improper workmanship, or because defective materials were used in construction of the product. Design Defects A design defect occurs when all of the similar products manufactured by the defendant are the same, and they all have a design feature that is in itself defective and unreasonably dangerous. A majority of cases claiming design defects involve injuries caused as a result of structural defects, lack of safety features, and a lack of suitability for intended purposes. Duty to Warn Duty to warn cases frequently arise in the areas of power tools, heavy equipment, prescription drugs, dietary supplements and other po
