When you buy a product you’re excited about, and it injures you, it’s painful and can be costly without proper legal representation. Our Eutaw product liability lawyers know what we need to do to help you recover the compensation you qualify for.
With over $3 billion total in recoveries, our team of Eutaw personal injury lawyers can help you secure compensation after a faulty product injures you. Our team at Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC has decades of experience handling product liability claims like yours.
What Are Common Product Liability Cases?
Any product that injures you physically or mentally could mean that you have a product liability case. Some of the most common product liability cases include products such as:
- JUUL vape devices
- Defective medical devices
- Consumer electronics
- Household appliances
- Power tools
- Children’s products
- Outdoor equipment
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Firearms
- 3D printers
- Smart home devices
For a free legal consultation with a product liability lawyer serving Eutaw, call (205) 326-3336
What Should You do With the Product That Injured You?
After a product injures you or a loved one, the most important thing to do is to preserve it as evidence. To build a strong case, every witness, lawyer, judge, or jury needs to see the product in the same state it was when it injured you.
Don’t try to fix the product after it injures you; you’ll damage your case and the likelihood of recovering compensation. Our lawyers recommend that you store the product in a safe place so it won’t be altered.
What Injuries Can an Eutaw Product Liability Attorney Help You With?
Products that are supposed to be safe when used properly can cause devastating injuries due to a manufacturer, design, or advertising error. Our team of lawyers at Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC can help you if a dangerous product has caused you to suffer injuries, such as:
- Burns: These can occur when products contain flammable materials or have defective components that allow fires to start more easily. This includes gas tanks, batteries, and appliances.
- Amputations: These result from unguarded machinery or saws that are missing important safety features intended to prevent direct contact with sharp and dangerous parts.
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI): TBIs may develop from auto accidents caused by defective vehicle parts that compromise passenger safety, such as during incidents of sudden acceleration or faulty airbags.
- Spinal cord injuries: These often happen due to rollovers in all-terrain vehicles or other vehicles without proper rollover protection installed as required to prevent such catastrophic impact on the spine.
- Chemical exposure: Toxic exposure injuries can happen when toxic fumes, acids, or other hazardous materials like asbestos are present without sufficient precautions and warnings provided about risks.
- Lacerations: These may occur if tools or appliances lack protective housing for sharp or jagged internal components left exposed to users during foreseeable accidents.
- Broken bones: These often result from falls involving design defects in unstable products relied upon for support, such as ladders and exercise machines that collapse unexpectedly.
What Is the Statute of Limitations for a Product Liability Claim in Alabama?
When you file a product liability claim in Alabama, you only have two years from your injury date to file. Our team recommends that you file your claim as soon as you can. The earlier you file your claim, the more likely you are to recover the maximum compensation.
If this is your first time taking legal action, our legal team will guide you through it. We’ll answer any questions you have about your case.
What Damages Can a Eutaw Product Liability Attorney Recover for You?
Product liability cases can affect you beyond your injuries; your financial situation can become difficult. Our team can help you recover costs such as:
- Medical expenses: If a defective product causes injury, all past and future costs for doctor visits, surgeries, prescriptions, rehabilitation, and prosthetics are recoverable.
- Vehicle repair costs: When a crash is linked to a faulty vehicle part, compensation may cover towing and fixing the damaged car.
- Lost wages: If the injury prevents an individual from working, wages lost during recovery and any long-term loss of future earning potential due to disability are recoverable.
- Decreased earning capacity: Even with a return to the workforce, disability or health problems from the incident may diminish future career prospects and limit the capacity to earn a living.
- Pain and suffering: No monetary amount can undo physical and mental anguish caused by the injuries, but compensation aims to acknowledge the hardship endured fairly.
- Emotional distress: Severe psychological trauma from disfigurement, trauma, or losing a loved one to a defective product warrants consideration as well.
- Wrongful death: If a fatality occurs due to a defective product, family members may only recover punitive damages determined by courts. Punitive damages aim to punish reckless behavior rather than compensate for economic losses, as the deceased can no longer support dependents.
- Traumatic brain injury: If a defective product causes traumatic brain injury, you may receive compensation to cover the extensive lifetime medical care and supportive services needed.
- Spinal cord injury: Paraplegia or quadriplegia resulting from a defective product often means a lifetime of paralysis and reliance on medical equipment and caregivers. Compensation in these situations aims to reasonably offset the immense costs of paralysis-related healthcare, such as medications, hospital visits, assistive technology, and wheelchair accessibility modifications.
How a Free Consultation Can Help Your Product Liability Case
Getting in touch with an experienced product liability attorney is the first step to understanding your legal options and rights. A free initial consultation provides an opportunity to discuss your case and concerns in a confidential setting.
We offer consultations via secure video calling for the convenience of clients who may have limited mobility due to injuries. Video conferencing allows the same open dialogue as an office meeting while accommodating those unable to meet in person due to their circumstances.
During a consultation, our lawyer can evaluate the specifics of your injury incident, examine available evidence, and advise on the viability and potential value of your claim. We will also take the time to fully explain the complex processes of product liability litigation and your role in building a strong case.
Contact Us Today After Your Defective Product Injury
At Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, we understand how stressful it can be just thinking about starting a product liability claim. Our Eutaw product liability lawyers can take on the legal process and guide you through it.
Contact us for a free consultation after a product has injured you.