Product Liability & Defective Product Injury Lawyer

If a defective product injured you or a family member in Macon or anywhere in middle Georgia, Sessions & Fleischman can review what happened from our Macon office at 544 Mulberry Street, Suite 319. Georgia law allows injured people to hold manufacturers responsible for products that were not merchantable and reasonably suited to their intended use when sold (O.C.G.A. § 51-1-11). Georgia also has a statute of repose that can bar many product claims ten years after the product was first sold, with some exceptions, so it matters to act early and to keep the product.

Product cases often overlap with other injury claims, such as car accidents in Macon involving airbag or brake failures. For an overview of injury claims in Bibb County, see our Macon personal injury lawyer page.

Defective Product Attorney

In our modern world, we interact with and use many automated devices and pieces of machinery. Product defects and failures are increasingly common. Unfortunately, many of these devices, products, and pieces of machinery fail from time-to-time, and the injuries that may result from these failures can be catastrophic to people. If you or someone that you care about has suffered a product failure injury, call our injury attorneys today.

Product liability claims can be scientifically complex and costly to effectively investigate and pursue. In order to properly prepare a product liability case, you need a legal team with resources and experience. A product liability lawyer at Sessions & Fleischman can help determine if you have a potential case and prepare to pursue your product liability claim.

When we talk about a product failure injury, we are talking about an injury that occurs when a product, device, or machine does not function in the way that we expect, or it does not protect us in the way that we expect it to.

Below, we discuss some of the most common and serious product failures. If you do not see your type of case discussed here, do not be concerned. We offer these examples to identify some of the common product failures that we see. If you have been injured

• Automobile Defects – Automotive Defects
• Sometimes the defect is obvious – the roof crushed, the belt failed, the tired failed
• Some cannot be seen – ignition failure of the GM vehicles
• Takata airbag – they become a bomb – they explode, pull the radiological records, metal foreign body

Product Failure Injuries Resulting From Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicle

Cars, trucks, and even commercial trucks are increasingly relying upon autonomous and semi-autonomous technology. Whether it is lane-assist technology, adaptive cruise control, or full self-driving the technology

Self-Driving Cars – autonomous and nearly autonomous driving vehicles – lane correction, keep distance between vehicles following

Were you rear-ended by a vehicle that should have automatically braked?

Missed red light by autonomous vehicle – Did the vehicle have automatic braking system?

Single vehicle roll-over accident – was there a failure in the design or construction that failed?

Did the car catch on fire? It may seem overly simple and ridiculous to say this, but cars are not supposed to catch on fire.

Was it a design defect that caused the product to fail?

Were you injured by the airbag? Did the airbag improperly delay its explosion? Did the airbag deploy when it should not have? Did the correct airbag go off? Why were there not sensors in the right location?

Seat failures. Did the seat back fail to support you in the rear after a collision?

Logging trucks injuries. Logging is one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Loggers already have enough to worry about without being concerned over their equipment failing. Unfortunately, there are many opportunities for equipment to fail and for serious injuries to occur in the logging context. Did the truck have a proper cab guard? Roof crush on trucks. There is no real standard because the manufacturers assume they do not roll over.

Children’s toys defective designs. Some of the dangerous defects that exist with regard to children’s toys are shocking.

Manufacturing defects of equipment and tools. It is critical to retain the product. Without the product, we may not be able to establish how it failed or even who the product manufacturer is.

Frequently Asked Questions – Products Liability Cases:

How long do I have to bring a product liability lawsuit?

Is a personal injury attorney a products liability lawyer?

Is a medical device failure a potential products liability claim?

Can the distributor (a “middle man”) be held liable in a products liability claim?

What if I wasn’t hurt that bad but a product failed?

Does a product defect claim typically follow the same process as a personal injury claim?

Doesn’t a disclaimer remove the possibility of a products liability claim?

What is an inadequate warning?

We offer free consultations. If you have a question about a possible defective product, call us today and we will schedule a meeting at no expense to you. As with all of our cases, no attorney-client relationship is created by the information provided on this website.

Fireworks Injuries

Georgia allows the sale and use of consumer fireworks, and serious burns, eye injuries, and hand injuries follow every year, especially around the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve. When a firework explodes early, tips over, or launches in the wrong direction, the cause may be a manufacturing or design defect, missing or inadequate warnings, or careless handling by the person setting it off or the business running a public display. Depending on what happened, a claim may be brought against the manufacturer, importer, or seller under Georgia product liability law, or against a property owner or display operator for negligence.

If you or your child was hurt by fireworks, keep the remaining fireworks and packaging, photograph the scene and your injuries, and get prompt medical care. For severe burns, see our fire and burn injury page and our catastrophic injury page.