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February 06, 2012
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Product Liability Terms and Definitions

 

 

Failure to Warn
not provide adequate warnings or instructions to advise users of the product that they would have to do certain things to avoid being injured by using the product. Failure to provide adequate warnings or instructions, where they are necessary

Unanticipated, Unforeseeable, or Unintended Use
The product was NOT used in the way it was intended to be used. Or, the manufacturer had no way of knowing that a certain person could access the product.

Asbestos or other asbestos-containing products
Products that have liability lawsuits and Class action lawsuits, asbestos is considered dangerous to your health. This product is heavily regulated for use and removal.

Merchant
A person who deals in the goods of the kind or otherwise by his occupation holds himself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the practices or goods involved in the transaction or to whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his employment of an agent or broker or other intermediary who by his occupation holds himself out as having such knowledge or skill.

Prescription Drug
Any donated, previously dispensed, prescription drug Shall not have been adulterated, misbranded, or stored under conditions contrary to standards established by the United States Pharmacopoeia or the product manufacturer.

Distributor
Retailer and all middlepersons (learned intermediary, R3d Torts)

Extended warranty
A service contract is sold separately and is a promise to pay for certain repairs or services. Service contracts are usually high-profit add-ons, costing hundreds to more than $1,000.

Marketing Defect
The failure to adequately warn of a potential risk of harm that is known or should have been known about a product or its foreseeable use.

Seller
A person who sells or contracts to sell goods. UCC 2-103(1)(d)

State of the Art
At the time of manufacture, your product was produced using the highest level of scientific and technical knowledge available.

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Did You Know?    
 
 
CPSC staff collects hospital patient injury information
They collect data from each NEISS hospital for every emergency visit involving an injury associated with consumer products. From this sample, the total number of product-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms nationwide can be estimated.

 


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News about product liability cases in South Carolina and nationwide:

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Product Liability Terms

 


Today's Terms

Comparative/Contributory Negligence

Definition:
If you are partially or wholly at fault, or you caused your own injuries, you may not be able to recover any compensation.

Seller

Definition:
A person who sells or contracts to sell goods. UCC 2-103(1)(d)

Unanticipated, Unforeseeable, or Unintended Use

Definition:
The product was NOT used in the way it was intended to be used. Or, the manufacturer had no way of knowing that a certain person could access the product.

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Topics Related to Product Liability:

  • Automobiles
  • Cribs
  • Strollers
  • Tires

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South Carolina Product Liability Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an product liability attorney you should contact our Product Liability Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Abbeville
  • Aiken
  • Anderson
  • Beaufort
  • Belton
  • Bennettsville
  • Bluffton
  • Camden
  • Charleston
  • Chester
  • Clemson
  • Clover
  • Columbia
  • Conway
  • Darlington
  • Dillon
  • Easley
  • Elgin
  • Florence
  • Fort Mill
  • Fountain Inn
  • Gaffney
  • Gaston
  • Georgetown
  • Goose Creek
  • Greenville
  • Greenwood
  • Greer
  • Hartsville
  • Hilton Head Island
  • Inman
  • Irmo
  • Ladson
  • Lancaster
  • Laurens
  • Lexington
  • Marion
  • Moncks Corner
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Murrells Inlet
  • Myrtle Beach
  • Newberry
  • North Augusta
  • North Charleston
  • Orangeburg
  • Pickens
  • Piedmont
  • Rock Hill
  • Seneca
  • Simpsonville
  • Spartanburg
  • Summerville
  • Sumter
  • Taylors
  • Travelers Rest
  • Union
  • Walterboro
  • West Columbia
  • York
 


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