Michigan Product Liability Attorneys

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What Is Product Liability; What Is A Product Liability Lawsuit and Can They Be Brought As a Michigan Class Action Suit When A Person’s Individual Damages Are Not Large?

Items, used as meant, shouldn’t harm you or your property. This is a plain and simple declarative statement. It is true and no customer should question it. But, imagine if a product injures me or harms a person or their property? In the United States, if an item hurts people or damages property, its producer is purely to blame for the injury the product brought about. Product Liability is the liability of companies, vendors, stores and other resellers of defective merchandise. Suits submitted in opposition to these organizations for damage and harm cause by defective merchandise are called Product Liability lawsuits.

Often people think that the lawyer fee they would owe to go after their lawsuits regarding faulty products will be too big to justify hiring a lawyer. Other times individuals think that hiring experts to examine their claims will be so expensive they couldn’t afford to go after their lawsuits regarding faulty products. The solution to both problems lies within pursuing these claims as class action lawsuits.

In a class action one or a few individuals who own defective products which were marketed to numerous take legal action against on behalf of themselves and all other individuals who purchased the same merchandise. The person who files the suit, who is named in the claim, is termed the class representative. He/she “represents” all of the other product owners, the “class members,” who are collectively referred to as the “class.”

Lawyers who would not agree to represent one or a few owners that invested in a defective product will consent to speak for a person that is willing to be a “class representative” who is prepared to act in a representative capacity on account of all of the other product owners. Lawyers that specialize in class actions normally advance the charges and expert witness fees needed to advance the class’ claims.

Attorneys that stand for classes of customers are compensated by the company that is sued, the defendant, either from the settlement common fund, or pursuant to agreement, which is be subject to the Court approval.

Examples of Michigan product liability or defective product class actions include the following:

Frontload Washers:	Electrolux, Frigidaire, Bosch, Siemens, Maytag, Whirlpool, Samsung, LG
Residential Windows:	International, Merzon, Champagne, Viking, Pella & Marvin
Computers:	Apple, HP & Dell
Tires:	Bridgestone Tire
Roof Tiles:	Monier, LifeTile, MonierLifeTile, US Tile, Pioneer, GAF
Microwave Ovens:	General Electric

Nearly every item sold to a purchaser that is defective and has or is significantly prone to result in injury to a person or property damage can be prosecuted in a defective products lawsuit.

Many states have consumer protection statutes which restrict a company from creating misrepresentations or hiding information regarding a products characteristics, uses, benefits, sponsorship, approvals, quality, grade or standard. Good examples of this are “Our windows won’t leak,” “Your clothes will be cleaner, smell fresher and look brighter after you use a (insert manufacturer’s name) frontload washer” or “After you install a (insert manufacturers name) roof, you’l never need another one.”

Consumers have rights, although more limited than you would think. These legal rights can be declared against companies, vendors and web-based companies that make misrepresentations and omissions. This holds true even if the misrepresentation or omission is about an inexpensive service or product. In the context of a class action small and fairly large individual damages can be recovered against large corporations.