Northern California Defective Product Attorneys
Northern California products liability lawyers at Estey Bomberger represent victims who have been injured by dangerous and defective products, from children's toys and household appliances to dangerous drugs and defective automobile parts that cause crashes or rollover accidents. With more than 70 years of collective experience, our defective product attorneys have recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements from major product manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and automakers.
Defective Product Claims and Theories of Liability
Just because you suffer a serious injury while using a product does make the manufacturer of that product liable for your injuries. To recover monetary damages for your medical expenses, lost earnings or wages, and pain and suffering, you must be able to prove your injuries were caused by one of the following theories of liability:
- Design Defect: The design of a product caused an injury. For example, an electrical saw is designed without reasonable safeguards that could easily prevent a laceration injury.
- Manufacturing Defect: The faulty manufacturing of a product caused an injury. For example, a rubber tire compound is contaminated during manufacturing, causing tread separation and a rollover accident.
- Marketing Defect/Failure to Warn: The marketing of a product caused an injury, either by lacking instructions, warning about health risks, or making false claims about a product. For example, the over-the-counter diet pill Hydroxycut claimed to be safe and effective, but actually caused liver damage in many individuals and was recalled.
Auto Product Liability
Manufacturers have an obligation to design and manufacture safe vehicles that protect occupants in the event of a foreseeable collision (crashworthiness). When vehicle manufacturers design vehicles that may cause an accident, or that may cause serious injury or death in the event of an accident, manufacturers may be held liable for the occupants' serious injuries or wrongful death. Examples of auto parts that have either caused accidents or contributed to occupant injuries and death include defective airbags, defective seat belts, defective tires, defective door latches, defective/faulty roof design, and defective accelerator pedals.
Recalled Products
At Estey Bomberger, we regularly monitor recalls conducted in cooperation with the US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). If you have been injured by a product, food or drug, or if you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident that you believe may be due to a dangerous vehicle part, contact us for more information about whether or not the product has been recalled. However, depending on how your injury occurred, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries regardless of whether or not the product was already recalled.
Serious Injuries. Serious Results.
Winning a defective product case can be very challenging because product manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and automakers are willing to spend millions of dollars to defend their products. The attorneys at Estey Bomberger have the resources to hire experts and investigators to prove maximum liability, and hold product manufacturers responsible for the injuries and deaths they cause. Our skilled lawyers have a proven record of success in product liability cases. We've represented injury victims and won claims against major companies such as Apple, Ford and Firestone. If you are looking for maximum compensation for your defective product injury or wrongful death claim, contact the Northern California product liability attorneys at Estey Bomberger for a free, no obligation consultation. If we handle your case, we will not charge any fees unless we recover money for you.
Northern California Defective Products Resource Center
- Auto Product Liability
- Class Action Product Liability
- Dangerous Drug Injury
- Defective Airbags
- Defective Medical Device
- Defective Road Design
- Defective Toy
- Exploding Gas Tank
- Failure to Warn
- Faulty Airbag
- Food Recalls
- Frequently Asked Questions about Defective Products
- Manufacturing Defects
- Product Liability Injuries
- Product Recalls
- Recalled Birth Control Pills
- Seat Belt Failure
- Skechers Shape-ups
- SUV Rollovers
- Tire Recall
- Vehicle Crashworthiness