Defective Consumer Products Injure Millions

Millions of people each year are injured by some sort of consumer product. In fact over 200,000 people are injured each year by toys alone. Many of these injuries occur because of negligent or reckless behavior by the companies that sell the products. While the American marketplace is extremely lucrative for companies all around the world, those companies are responsible for ensuring the safety of products sold in the United States. Illinois products liability attorneys provide a check on companies that try to profit at any cost. Common defective products cases handled by Dolan Law Offices include:

Illinois Consumer Products Attorneys and Products Liability Lawsuits

Consumer product injuries occur for a myriad of reasons, and may be caused by a variety of different products including: electronics, toys, vehicles, sporting equipment, appliances, clothing, food, power tools, drugs, airplanes, and many other products. If a consumer has been injured or killed by a product or suffered loss or damage to property, an Illinois consumer products lawyer may be able to prepare a products liability lawsuit. Often if one person has been injured, many others have also suffered. The first step in preventing further deaths or injuries can be the simple act of notifying the right person that a particular product is dangerous.

Illinois Consumer Product Liability Law

A consumer products lawyer can bring a products liability lawsuit under three different legal theories: (1) breach of warranty: where a company violates an express or implied promise about a product’s safety, quality, or functionality; (2) negligence: where a company violates a duty of care in designing, manufacturing, or selling a product; or (3) strict liability: where a company is held liable even if it has not violated a promise or a duty of care. In a strict liability lawsuit, a company is held liable if a consumer is injured while using a product in the intended manner and the product is improperly designed, contains a manufacturing defect, comes with insufficient or misleading directions, or is sold without proper warning of the dangers associated with the product. In these situations, the victim is entitled to compensation. It is the job of an Illinois defective products lawyer to fight for this compensation, which may include: medical expenses, lost wages, emotional and physical pain and suffering, and possibly punitive damages designed to punish those responsible.

Contact the Chicago Consumer Products Attorneys at Dolan Law Offices

The Illinois products liability lawyers at Dolan Law Offices represent victims of defective products throughout Illinois and the greater Chicagoland area, including Aurora, Addison, Chicago Heights, Joliet, Hillsdale, Plainfield, Rolling Meadows, Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Palatine, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Hanover Park, Streamwood, Prospect Heights, Wheeling, Wheaton, Waukegan, Inverness, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Elgin, Bartlett, Itasca, Bloomingdale, Wooddale, Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will County.

If you or a loved one has been injured by a defective consumer product, contact the Chicago defective products lawyers at Dolan Law Offices online or at 312-676-7600.