Your Dothan Product Liability Attorneys

People have a certain level of trust and expectation of safety for the products they use and depend on daily. Consider how often you and your family use helpful items: everything from the cars we drive to the appliances in our home and the toys we buy for our children. Generally, our lives are improved by these products but, unfortunately, this is not always the case. Our Alabama product liability attorneys at The Cochran Firm Dothan have decades of experience working for victims and their loved ones who have suffered from defective products.

What is product liability?

Product Liability refers to the liability the manufacturers and merchants possess when consumers are harmed by a defective product.

What is considered a defective product? 

It is important to note that a defective product is not the same as a dangerous product. A defective product must have a flaw that makes it unsafe for ordinary use. 

Defective products manifest themselves in typically three different forms:

  • Defective by design means the product has been designed to be unsafe for ordinary use. For example, when a consumer uses a faulty product as it is intended to be used, the consumer is, in turn, put at risk for injury or is directly injured.
  • Defective by marketing/labeling means the product lacks critical information regarding safety, instruction, mislabeling, or warnings. For example, when a product is incorrectly marketed for untested use.
  • Defective by manufacturing is when a product has been contaminated or encompasses flaws due to its production. For example, the product's design is not necessarily defective; however, the contamination of said flaw deems it unreasonable or unsafe for typical consumer use.

Filing a Products Liability Lawsuit in the State of Alabama

Through carelessness or cost-cutting efforts, product manufacturers may introduce goods that can be extremely harmful to users. Over 1 million consumers are harmed by defective products each year. Our legal system is very effective in protecting the public interest and holding manufacturers accountable for injuries or damage caused by these dangerous products. However, taking on a large corporation or retail outlet in a product liability case can be a difficult and costly process.

A defective product lawsuit or claim requires an in-depth understanding of state and federal regulations. Only an experienced truck accident attorney knows how to find, collect, interpret, and present the evidence you must have to prove your case.

Pursuing a product liability claim often requires extensive financial resources, the retention of outside experts, and an understanding of complex engineering and design issues. The testimony and information experts provide can be crucial to a product's claim, which means the value of having access to quality experts must be recognized. Equally important is an attorney's experience and ability to effectively challenge a defendant's expert testimony. Hiring an Alabama attorney with these skills and the background and knowledge needed to navigate product claims is vital.

Our Alabama lawyers with Cochran Firm Dothan have extensive knowledge of these laws and the resources to investigate your claim expertly. If a defective product has harmed you or a loved one, The Cochran Firm Dothan can help.

The Dothan product liability lawyers of The Cochran Firm are part of a nationwide network of Cochran Firm offices and attorneys. This network provides our clients access to an invaluable pool of the collective experience and resources of all our Cochran Firm partners. Our attorneys have collectively secured over $30 billion for our clients, showcasing our commitment to achieving justice. Our attorneys frequently contribute to the legal community by sharing their knowledge with other attorneys and law firms by lecturing at CLE (Continuing Legal Education) seminars. This training helps trial attorneys nationwide represent their clients better and get the justice they deserve.

Areas We Serve

From our office in Southeast Alabama (Houston County), product liability attorneys at The Cochran Firm Dothan are ready to serve clients in South Alabama, Southwest Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle.