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Product liability is when a company can be held responsible if their product is dangerous or defective and causes harm to someone who uses it. There are different types of defects, such as when the product was made wrong, when the design of the product is unsafe, or when there are not enough warnings about the risks of using the product. To prove that a product is defective, the person who was harmed must show that the product was dangerous when it was made and that the defect caused their injury. Courts use different standards to decide if a product is defective, such as whether the danger was something that an ordinary person would expect or if the risks of using the product outweigh the benefits.
Product liability is a legal concept that allows people to sue a company if they are injured by a defective product. This can happen if the product was made incorrectly, designed unsafely, or if there were not enough warnings about the risks of using the product.
These examples illustrate how a product can be defective in different ways, and how the company can be held responsible for the harm caused to the consumer.
There are two standards that courts use to determine if a product is defective:
These standards help courts determine if a product is defective and if the company should be held liable for any harm caused to the consumer.