Product Liability

The attorneys in this firm have spent decades representing people who have been injured through negligence of individuals and health care providers, as well as manufacturers and distributors of defective products.   We have the expert staff to evaluate injuries, provide sophisticated legal services, and properly pursue claims on your behalf.  

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advises that there is 200-300 product recalls each year.  Many of the recalls involve children's products and toys.  Other products recalled include household appliances, safety equipment, tools and automobiles.  When a product fails because of a defect in design or manufacture, it can cause serious injuries and even death.  

Product liability laws refer to the liability of anyone with a responsibility for a product that causes injury or damage due to a defect, from the supplier or manufacturer to the seller or retailer.   

The three basic ways a product may be defective are by design, manufacture or failure to warn of dangerous propensities of the product.  A product is considered defective if it does not provide the level of safety, which the community generally is entitled to expect.  The level of safety will vary from case to case and it is ultimately for the court or jury to determine whether a product is defective.  Factors taken into account are the manner in which the product is marketed, the packaging, instructions and warning, what might be a reasonable use of the product and the time when the product was supplied.  

Our mission in pursuing product liability cases, as we have over many years, is:

To obtain compensation for seriously injured clients; and

To create an economic incentive for those in the stream of commerce to produce safe products and to provide sufficient warnings of the dangers of their products, ultimately resulting in saving lives.

The Law Offices of
Mulligan and Banham
619.238.8700
FAX: 619.238.8701
2442 4th Avenue Suite 100
San Diego, CA  92101
info@janmulligan.com