Nashville Product Liability Lawyer

Nashville residents rely heavily on various products to navigate daily life, whether it’s using household appliances, electronic devices, or other essential goods. With every product we utilize, there exists the potential risk of encountering a defective or dangerous item that could lead to serious, life-altering injuries. This page outlines how the product liability lawyers at Hicks Law Firm can assist you or your family member if harmed by a hazardous product in Nashville.

Product Liability Law Firm Serving All Courts in Nashville, TN

Aaron Hicks is a Nashville product liability attorney who understands how encountering a defective product can disrupt your life. You may face serious physical injuries, emotional distress, mounting medical expenses, and lost wages due to time away from work. Aaron Hicks is dedicated to being part of the team that helps you recover and rebuild your life.

Aaron Hicks is the Founder, and primary motorcycle accident attorney at Hicks Law Firm and serves all of Nashville, Tennessee. Our main office is located at 501 Union St. Suite 400, Nashville, TN 37219 (open Google Maps). If you or a family member were seriously injured through the negligence or actions of another, contact Hicks Law Firm by calling (615) 200-0084 to schedule a risk-free, no obligation consultation.

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How Complicated are Product Liability Cases?

Product liability law involves a wide range of issues because any product that isn’t safe for its intended purpose can cause these accidents. A product may fail to warn users of known risks, have a defective design, or be manufactured improperly.

These cases often require lengthy evidence gathering and expert help to unravel how a product is defective, why, and how a defendant may be legally responsible. This is especially true if a drug or a chemical harms someone over a long period.

Defendants could be anyone in the supply chain who provided raw materials or designed, engineered, manufactured, marketed, or sold the product. It might be a multinational corporation that manufactured it halfway across the globe to a local business selling the product.

Defendants usually have insurance coverage and the benefit of teams of lawyers and experts. Millions of dollars could be at stake in damages and lost sales, so insurers and manufacturers may use their extensive resources to defend these claims. But Hicks Firm has resources and expertise too, and we hold defendants responsible for their actions in product liability cases.

What are Examples of Defective Products?

The following would be products that could be subject to product liability claims:

• Vehicle tires whose treads separate under normal use
• Medical devices that shed slivers of metal into the bloodstream
• Medications that cause known severe, lasting side effects without warnings
• Batteries that overheat and start fires when they recharge
• Vehicle airbags that spray metal pieces into occupants when they inflate
• Toys a child could swallow and choke on
• Machinery with defective wiring that can electrocute the person operating it
• Food contaminated with something that may cause a life-threatening allergic reaction

There are so many products that could be defective in a dangerous way, the list could be practically endless.

Who Might be Impacted by the Product?

Any item might be the subject of a product liability case whether a few people buy it locally or it’s sold to millions worldwide. You may be one of a handful of people injured by it, or the same product could injure thousands. The outcome may not just be compensation. The item may get a needed warning label, how it’s made may change, or sales may stop. The lawsuit may benefit others, and many more may avoid future injuries.

How Do Product Liability Cases Work?

Usually, a product meets consumers’ ordinary expectations. The product is safe and performs as it should, so it’s fit for its particular purpose. One or both of these conditions aren’t met if it injures someone.

A product liability case is built on the evidence of what the product was supposed to do, how and why it caused injuries, and how you were harmed. The case may be based on common law (law developed over the years by judicial decisions), contract law, tort law, or strict product liability.

Strict product liability claims are usually based on three defect causes (there may be more than one in your case):

• Manufacturing: The product is dangerous because mistakes were made when it was assembled, built, or created
• Design: It was hazardous from the start because it was poorly and unsafely designed. Even the best manufacturing won’t make it safe
• Marketing: The product isn’t safe for its intended purpose. It’s marketed and sold to be used dangerously. It might be safe for another use, but there are inadequate warnings, labels, or instructions for how the manufacturer wants the product to be used or consumed

Unlike a vehicle accident or slip and fall injury case, you need not show the defendant is negligent (though it may be part of the case if the facts show it). You don’t have to show there was a relationship between you and the defendant. They owe you a duty of care, which they breached, causing your injuries. A jury in a strict liability case may hold a manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or wholesaler liable if it’s proven the product is unsafe.

You may also have a breach of warranty claim. If the product came with a warranty claiming it could do certain things safely if used a certain way, its claims are false and you are injured, the warranty is broken or breached. Products also have an implied warranty of fitness. If it doesn’t function as advertised and you’re injured, you may have legal claims against those involved with the product.

What Damages Might I Recover in a Product Liability Case?

You may be entitled to recover from the harm caused by the product’s defect(s), including:

• Past and expected future bills for medical treatment, physical and occupational rehabilitation, psychological care, and medications
• Past and future lost wages and benefits
• Property damage
• Pain, suffering, and emotional distress

If a defendant’s actions were reckless, malicious, or show indifference to others’ health and safety, you may be awarded punitive damages. They’re meant to punish the defendant and discourage it, and others like it, from taking the same or similar acts in the future.

Call Our Nashville Product Liability Lawyers Today

Hicks Law Firm attorneys are ready to answer your product liability questions and represent you if you’re injured. We offer FREE initial consultations, so you can get the answers you need, and we’ll help you explore your legal options so you can make an informed decision about what to do next. Call us today at (615) 200-0084 or fill out our confidential contact form, and we’ll call you back immediately.