Houston product liability lawyer Everett Day is ready to hold companies accountable for their negligence.
Thousands of adults and children are hurt by defective products every year. Injuries can range from minor cuts and bruises to serious injuries such as broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, paralysis, or even death. Whether it is an industrial giant or a pharmaceutical company, product liability lawyer Everett Day is ready to represent you and your family.
Common product liability claims
As a consumer, you have the right to assume that:
- The product is properly labeled
- The product has complete literature on instructions and warnings
- The product will not cause an accident or an injury if used as directed
As a product liability lawyer, Everett Day has over 15 years of experience dealing with various product liability claims. Some of the most common he has seen in practice include:
- Defective medical devices and medical equipment that are poorly designed or manufactured and actively puts users’ lives at risk with adverse health effects.
- Dangerous prescription drugs that have been rushed to market by unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies, often with these companies knowing how their drugs can potentially cause complications.
- Defective and malfunctioning everyday household products such as children’s toys, appliances, tools, lawn equipment, and even firearms. These products can cause serious injuries or even property damage.
- Improperly handled or tainted food and/or beverage products that may result in serious health complications or even death.
- Defective automotive parts (tires, airbags, seat belts, etc.) that can cause accidents involving passenger motor vehicles or even commercial motor vehicles, leading to serious injury or death.
How Everett Day, a Houston product liability lawyer, will work to hold companies to account and secure fair compensation for your claim
Product liability law is an entire practice area that is dedicated to protecting consumers. The United States and Texas have product regulation laws that were written to ensure consumer safety standards. These laws govern the design, manufacture, marketing, selling, and recalling of products made available to the public.
Every product has a chain of custody. While it is similar in concept to the legal concept of chain of custody, the meaning is different as it is in reference to the supply chain process. The chain of custody for a product encompasses all the steps in the supply chain of a product, including designing the product, sourcing materials for the product, producing the product, processing the product, and bringing the product to market.
Within that chain of custody, there are multiple people that have responsibilities that could potentially be held liable for damages in the event that a product injures an end consumer due to a defect. This includes product designers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, transporters, or retailers. Some or all of these individuals can be held liable in numerous ways such as:
- A defective design that makes the product unsafe before it was even manufactured. Design flaws effect every unit produced, leading to widespread risk of harm. Product designers may cut corners for aesthetic and/or cost-cutting purposes. Whatever the reason may be, a dangerous product design can lead to catastrophic consequences. Product liability lawyers like Everett will go after product designers and the companies that employ them for putting profits over safety, leading to injuries to you and/or your loved one.
- Manufacturing defects occur when a product that may be well-designed ends up becoming defective due to flaws in production and assembly. Sometimes this may only affect a few products; other times, the issue may be widespread. Regardless, Everett Day will hold companies accountable for poor manufacturing practices that led to poorly produced items making it to the market, leading to injuries.
- A marketing defect occurs when consumers are either not properly informed about the product or deliberately misinformed. This may include a lack of adequate warnings about the product. As a product liability lawyer, Everett Day will analyze the company’s marketing and determine if the company has any legal exposure that leaves them open to a product liability lawsuit.
If you have been injured after using a product, you may be entitled to legal compensation for your injuries. Product liability lawyer Everett Day will work diligently to obtain justice for you after your untimely injury.
Product liability lawyer Everett Day can help you with your product defect claim.
Many times, consumers feel discouraged taking on big corporations that produce dangerous and defective products due to the perceived power of their legal departments. However, you can fight back and Everett Day, a Houston product liability lawyer, is ready to fight for you.
Everett will handle all aspects of your case, including conducting an investigation about the product, researching the product’s chain of custody, interviewing witnesses that may have seen your injury, and negotiating with companies and their insurers to get a fair settlement. And as always, Everett stands ready to take your case to court if the settlement terms are unfair. Accountability matters to Everett, and he will work to make sure that negligent companies do not get away with doing harm to their consumers.
You may be able to secure a fair settlement and get compensation for:
- Medical bills
- Medical treatment costs
- Pain and suffering
- Lost wages and income
- Wrongful death and survival action
If you have been hurt by a defective product—whether it is medicinal, food, beverage, mechanical, or automotive—Everett Day can help. Contact one of Houston’s leading product liability lawyers today at 713-640-5875 for a free consultation about your potential case.