Augusta, GA negligent design attorney
Manufacturers have a duty to manufacturer products that are reasonably safe for all intended and reasonably foreseeable uses. This is another method of stating that courts make manufacturers pay for injuries that juries feel ought to have been prevented. When deciding if the manufacturer was negligent in designing the product, the jury considers the likelihood and likely severity of the injuries caused by the design against the increased burden of using a safer design. The parties usually depend on expert witnesses whose testimony is used to demonstrate that the design selected was or was not reasonably safe.
Product manufacturers also have a duty to exercise reasonable care in manufacturing their products. Such claim can occur when the product was designed properly, but the particular product that resulted in the claimant’s injury did not meet the product specifications. Instances of negligent manufacturing claims are:
• poor assembly of products;
• use of component parts that did not conform to design specifications;
• failure to inspect component parts supplied by third parties for defects; and
• failure to inspect finished products and correct any products not conforming to product specifications.
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