If you were hurt using a defective product in Atlanta, GA, contact Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers for legal assistance. You may deserve compensation from the manufacturer and the companies responsible for putting the product on the market. An experienced Atlanta product liability lawyer can help you fight to recover fair compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and more.
With over 75 years of combined legal experience, you can count on us to handle even the most complicated personal injury claim. To date, we’ve used our skills to recover more than $250 million in settlements and verdicts.
Let our team help you fight to make things right. Contact our law offices in Atlanta, Georgia, to schedule a free consultation today at (844) 772-7826.
Why Should I Call Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers to Handle My Atlanta Product Liability Claim?
Product liability is a difficult area of law. Manufacturers will go to great lengths to limit their liability–and they have the resources to succeed. Insurance companies almost always try to undervalue cases, even when they accept liability.
An experienced Atlanta personal injury lawyer can help you navigate these and other thorny issues. Our award-winning lawyers at Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers have been recognized for their skills by the National Trial Lawyers.
When you trust our team with your case, you’ll have an advocate to:
- Ensure that you understand your legal options and what’s happening with your case
- Conduct a full investigation into the product and your injuries
- Compile the evidence you’ll need to prove your case
- Work with trusted experts in various fields
- Handle the insurance communications and paperwork
- Determine the fair value of your injury claim
- Identify any available class action lawsuits or multidistrict litigation
- Negotiate aggressively with the other side for a full settlement
- Fight to protect your interests at trial if it comes to that
Our Atlanta personal injury attorneys also work on a contingency fee basis. That means you only pay attorney’s fees if we recover compensation in your case. When we win for you, you simply pay a set percentage.
What Is Product Liability?
There’s no way for consumers to conclusively verify that every product sold in Georgia is safe. The law places the burden on the companies that manufacture and sell those products. Product liability laws give injured consumers the right to sue when they’re hurt due to defective products.
Product liability laws impose strict liability. That means you can hold the company responsible even if they were careful. The fact that the product was defective is enough to hold them liable for resulting injuries.
Are Dangerous Products a Serious Problem?
Innocent people are harmed by defective products every day. Across the U.S., products that had already been recalled for defects are responsible for over 40 million injuries each year.
By some estimates, one-third of all FDA-approved prescription drugs carry risks that aren’t known at the time of sale. Defective medical devices alone were responsible for over 1.7 million injuries and nearly 83,000 deaths over a ten-year period.
How Much Compensation Is My Atlanta Product Liability Case Worth?
Several factors can impact the value of your personal injury case, including:
- How severe were your injuries?
- Will you make a full recovery or suffer a long-term disability?
- What are your medical treatment costs and other expenses to date?
- Will you require ongoing care, and how much will it cost?
- How will the disability impact your future earnings?
- How does the injury affect your quality of life, physical health, and emotional well-being?
In the end, your unique situation will dictate your case value. When you hire our lawyers, we’ll carefully analyze the facts and bring in experts to help with the valuation process as needed.
What Types of Compensation Can I Recover if I Was Injured While Using a Defective Consumer Product?
Damages in Georgia are categorized as economic or non-economic damages.
Examples of the types of damages you may have experienced include:
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Reduced earning potential
- Disability
- Physical therapy
- Rehabilitation
- Nursing care
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Depression and anxiety disorders
- PTSD
- Diminished quality of life
- Embarrassment
- Physical disfigurement and scarring
- Loss of companionship
You should expect the manufacturing company to try to downplay your losses. Whether they’re claiming that your injuries aren’t as extensive as you say or that you somehow caused them, we know how to help. Call our product liability lawyers in Atlanta today to learn more.
What Happens to My Right to Recover Damages If I’m Being Blamed for Causing My Own Injuries in Georgia?
Shared fault can be a huge issue in Georgia personal injury cases. With defective products, manufacturers often try to claim that the victim wasn’t using the product correctly. Even if it’s true, manufacturers can be liable when victims used the products in a way that was incorrect but foreseeable.
Georgia has a modified comparative negligence law. If your acts also contributed to the injury, you lose your right to damages once your share of fault reaches 50%. Otherwise, your compensation is reduced by whatever blame the company can manage to pin on you.
Defective Products Often Cause Significant Injuries
Our team at Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers handles all types of personal injury cases, including those involving:
- Burns
- Broken bones
- Concussions
- Facial injuries
- Serious illnesses, including cancer
- Shoulder injuries
- Soft tissue damage
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal cord damage
- Head and neck injuries
- Internal bleeding
- Organ damage
- Eye injuries
- Chest injuries
- Amputations
- Paralysis
- Catastrophic injuries
- Wrongful death of a loved one
Visit the hospital or your doctor quickly. The sooner you get medical care, the better your physical outcome. Prompt medical care also provides a necessary link between the event and the injury.
Our Lawyers in Atlanta Handle All Types of Product Liability Claims
Collectively, our lawyers have over 75 years of experience helping injured clients take on both large and small companies. We have the tools to handle any type of product liability case.
We can help if you were injured due to any of the following defective products:
- Medical devices
- Medical equipment
- Prescription medications
- Over-the-counter medications
- Household products and appliances
- Pesticides and herbicides
- Batteries and electronics
- Personal care products
- Lawnmowers and landscaping equipment
- Toys
- Power tools
- Heavy machinery
- Construction equipment
- Vehicles
- Vehicle components, such as seat belts, airbags, and brakes
- Clothing
- Fireworks and explosives
- Vape pens
Product liability claims are complicated. Count on our lawyers in Atlanta to fight for the money you need and deserve. Call us today to discuss your case.
What Do I Have to Prove to Win a Product Liability Case in Atlanta?
Different legal theories may be involved in your product liability claim. Negligence and breach of warranty may be relevant. That said, the most common basis is strict liability.
To win a product liability case based on strict liability, you must prove:
- The defendant was responsible for putting the product on the market
- The product suffered from a defect
- You were using the product as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable yet incorrect way
- You were injured by the product
- The value of the damages you suffered
Three primary defects can give rise to a valid product liability claim: design defects, manufacturing defects, and marketing defects, or failure to warn.
Proving any type of defective product case can be incredibly difficult. Having an experienced Atlanta product liability attorney by your side is critical to your success. Contact our law firm today to learn how we can help with your case.
Design Defects
A design defect is a flaw in a product’s basic design. When the product is manufactured as intended, it will be unreasonably dangerous for consumer use due to its defective design.
When evaluating the merits of a design defect case, courts consider:
- The severity of the risk posed by the product as designed
- The value of the product itself
- Whether safer alternative design methods are available
- The costs of an alternative design
- Whether the product will function as intended using the safer design
Roundup weed killer is one example of a product with design flaws.
Manufacturing Defects
Manufacturing defects exist because of mistakes in the manufacturing process. You’ll have to prove that the product you received deviated from its design in some way that made it unreasonably dangerous.
Marketing Defects
A marketing defect is a problem with the warnings and instructions that accompany a product. Some products are never entirely safe. Manufacturers can keep consumers safe by providing adequate warnings about the risks. When they fail to warn, they can be liable for injuries.
How Long Do I Have to File a Product Liability Lawsuit in Georgia?
You typically have two years from the date of your injury to take legal action (with some exceptions). If you fail to file a lawsuit before the two-year statute of limitations expires, you could forfeit your right to seek compensation.
Contact a Skilled Atlanta Product Liability Lawyer for a Free Case Review Today
You deserve to understand your legal options if you were injured because of a defective product. Manufacturing companies make millions selling dangerous products. An experienced Atlanta product liability attorney at Spartan Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers can help you fight for justice. Give us a call today to schedule your 100% free consultation.
