When it comes to successfully litigating cases involving defective products, our experienced team has the perspective and knowledge to take on corporate lawyers and big business. and their teams of corporate lawyers.
When a defective product causes an injury to a consumer of the product, a product liability suit may be appropriate. However, our defective product attorneys understand that, in Wisconsin, a plaintiff in a product liability case must first prove that the product is defective and unreasonably dangerous. Product defect claims against a manufacturer or supplier are based on design defects, manufacturing defects, and defects in marketing.
Products that are generally thought of as tangible personal property such as automobiles, helicopters, airplanes, ladders, car seats, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, farm equipment, and household products and appliances.
Most defects fall into one of these categories:
This means the product must be shown to be dangerous to an extent which would be not be contemplated by the ordinary consumer who purchases it, with the ordinary knowledge common to the community as to its characteristics. Properly designed and manufactured guns and bullets, for example, would not be unreasonably dangerous under this test, because consumers are well aware of their injurious potential.
In addition to proving a defect, a claimant must prove that the product is unreasonably dangerous.
Since we opened our doors in 1979, we’ve been an advocate for safer products and practices. Our product liability lawyers have successfully represented many individuals from across the United States that have been injured as a result of unsafe products.
This means the product must be shown to be dangerous to an extent which would not be contemplated by the ordinary consumer who purchases it, with the ordinary knowledge common to the community as to its characteristics. Properly designed and manufactured guns and bullets, for example, would not be unreasonably dangerous under this test, because consumers are well aware of their injurious potential.
Our experienced team of product defect lawyers have been litigating cases involving defective products since 1979—we’re here to help.
$2.5M
Jury verdict of $2.5 million in this product liability case involving a forklift found to be defectively designed because it did not have a door or other barrier to keep the operator inside the vehicle in the event of a tip over. Operator sustained leg injuries. Opinion on Appeal.
v. Crown Controls. Milwaukee County
$657K
Product liability case over a defective assembly line design and manufacture. Trial and jury verdict of $657,000 for leg injuries.
v. Kearney & Trecker
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