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hello and welcome to this discussion on what you need to know about establishing a product liability case product liability cases are different than other personal injury case types in defective product cases that victim generally does not have to prove negligence the only evidence needed is proof of injury and proof of the products defect this is known as strict liability once the injury is documented in the defect established the victim has met their burden of proof the burden then shifts to the manufacturer to prove the product wasn't defective strict product liability cases are grouped into three categories the first one is design defects design defects are mistakes or inherent flaws in a product in most cases the flaws are built into the product when it's first manufactured but flaws can also occur during design modifications here's an example the designers of an electric radio didn't think it was necessary to insulate a wire which caused the radio to catch fire the second category is manufacturing defects manufacturing defects can occur even if the products design was not faulty the product can be inherently flawless in its design but by the time it comes off the assembly line it can be defective here's an example for manufacturing defects while an oven was being manufactured screws were inadvertently left off causing the door to fall off in customers homes and the third category for strict product liability would be marketing defects which can also be seen as a failure to warn a product can be flawless in its design and manufacturing and still be defective this occurs when the manufacturer doesn't provide the user with enough information to use the product safely or miss states of products benefits here's an example for marketing defects a diet supplements label indicating proper dosage was confusing and users who are getting a lemn ingesting too much of it sometimes there's something that can be defined as unavoidable product danger or product can be flawless in its design manufacture and marketing but still be inherently dangerous let's think of a knife a chain saw gasoline if these products weren't dangerous they'd be useless or ineffective as an example think of an eye injury from a soda bottle Jane purchased a 1 liter plastic bottle of a popular carbonated soft drink after getting home from the grocery store her son accidentally knocked over the closed soda bottle and it rolled across the kitchen floor he picked up the bottle and began to unscrew the cap the force of the gasses in the bottle caused the cap to blow off striking the child in his eye and damaging his cornea Jane on behalf of her son sued the manufacturer under strict liability alleging the bottles design was inherently defective to prove strict liability Jane's attorney had to identify the existence and origin of the soda bottles defect she conducted independent testing of an identical soda bottle she also subpoenaed the bottles design blueprints and...