Product Liability

Product liability cases can be more complex than other personal injury lawsuits because of technical issues that may be involved. Our attorneys at Parham Smith & Dodson, L.L.C., are experienced in handling expert witness testimony and highly technical evidence, and we can use this knowledge to help you.

Businesses and manufactures are expected to take all reasonable precautions necessary to ensure that their products are reasonably safe. They must observe safety procedures at the design stage, the manufacturing stage, and the distribution stage. In addition, there must be sufficient warning included with the product to make sure that it can be used safely.
Since businesses usually have much easier access to information about their own products and their own staff of product liability attorneys, lawsuits resulting from injuries caused by a defective product are often afforded "strict liability," which means that the victim of the injury does not need to show actual negligence; the designer, manufacture, or distributor is automatically liable unless they can show that reasonable safety procedures were followed. Some products, such as power tools, can still be dangerous when used properly; courts can still hold manufacturers liable if such products do not include reasonable safety measures and adequate instructions.

When a defective design, poor manufacturing process, or inadequate safety warnings result in an injury, a plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit may have to answer difficult technological questions about industry standards. The standards will differ based on what kind of product caused the damage; a suit concerning a poorly designed health care aid will be very different from one concerning defects in the manufacture of an automobile tire.

At Parham Smith & Dodson, L.L.C., we assign every case an attorney, a legal aid, and a secretary. Our staff works as a team to assemble the evidence necessary to make a clear, convincing case to a jury who may be completely unfamiliar with the technology involved. To schedule an appointment with one of our product liability attorneys, call our Greenville, South Carolina office at (864) 242-9008. You can also use the following link to contact us over the internet.