Product manufacturers, designers, distributors, wholesalers, and sellers are supposed to make sure that their consumer products are safe for consumption and use. When their failure to fulfill this duty leads to serious injury or death, the injury victims or their families can file for damages from all liable parties. To give you an idea of the scope of product liability, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), reports that toy-related injuries alone accounted for 232,900 injuries in 2007. Thousands of people die each year due to faulty consumer products.

Products Liability Law

There are three kinds of product defects covered under products liability law:

1) The product’s design was flawed from the start. An example of a product with a design defect is a toy made with small magnet pieces that easily come off. Even when used correctly, the small pieces can still pose a serious injury to young children who may take the magnetic pieces and swallow them.

2) A product can also become defective because of errors that occur during the manufacturing process, such as when proper safety standards are not met.

3) A product injures or kills because of marketing defects, such as when a product does not come with the proper directions or fails to include the necessary safety warnings.

Grounds for a Massachusetts products liability lawsuit related to any of these defects can include negligence, breach of warranty, and misrepresentation. In general, a product can be found "defective" if it poses a hazard that could be foreseen by the manufacturer or someone in the chain of production.

Even when a product is designed, manufactured, and marketed correctly, a person can still get hurt when a product malfunctions. Massachusetts’s products liability law holds manufacturers and sellers strictly liable—even if they didn’t do anything to contribute to the defect—if the plaintiff can prove that a product was dangerous or defective enough to cause personal injury or death.

Our Massachusetts Product Liability and Defective Product Attorneys

Over the years, Altman & Altman LLP has represented clients seriously injured or killed because of all kinds of defective products, including defective or dangerous cars, trucks, motorcycles, auto parts (seat belts, tires, airbags, etc.), industrial machinery, electronic products, household furniture, household appliances, clothing, food, drugs and medications, bicycles, boats, medical devices, toys, infant carriers, nursery products, and other consumer items.

Our Boston, Massachusetts products liability lawyers at Altman & Altman, LLP have over 40 years experience helping injured men, woman, and children throughout Massachusetts obtain financial recovery for their serious injuries or the deaths of family members caused by defective or dangerous products. Our Boston personal injury law firm has negotiated millions of dollars in personal injury settlements and verdicts for our clients.

We have successfully recovered financial compensation from some of the largest manufacturers and retailers in the world, and we have the resources, knowledge, and relationships with the nation’s top products liability and accident experts to successfully pursue and prove your case. Our Boston, Massachusetts defective products attorneys will pursue all avenues of recovery so that you or your loved one can get the care that you need. If negotiation doesn’t lead to a satisfactory settlement, our personal injury attorneys will file a Massachusetts products liability lawsuit and fight for your compensation in court. You will not pay us any fees until we recover your compensation.

To schedule your free consultation with an experienced Boston, Massachusetts products liability lawyer at Altman & Altman LLP, call (617) 492-3000 or—toll-free—(800) 481-6199 or contact us online.

Altman LLP's lawyers handle personal injury & criminal defense cases in all Massachusetts cities including: Allston, Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Braintree, Brighton, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Charlestown, Dedham, Everett, Fall River, Framingham, Gloucester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Middlesex County, New Bedford, Needham, Newton, Norfolk County, Plymouth, Quincy, Revere, Roxbury, Salem, Saugus, Somerville, South Boston, Springfield, Suffolk County, Taunton, Walpole, Waltham, Wareham, Watertown, West Roxbury, Winchester, Worcester, Worcester County and Wrentham. Altman LLP's attorneys are dedicated to serving our clients needs regarding every aspect of their personal injury or criminal defense case. We also handle accident cases that happened on all roads and highways throughout Massachusetts including Route 128, Route 93, Route 495, Route 290, Route 2, Route 95, The Mass Pike Route 190, Route 3, Route 1, Route 11,0 Route 9, and Route 20.