Every year, thousands of people are hurt due to the use of defective products including defective toys, household appliances, automobiles, medicines and food. Design flaws and manufacturing defects can pose a very real threat to consumers.

When you speak with a New York Defective Product Lawyer you will learn that companies sell millions of products every year and collect billions of dollars in profit. These companies have not only a moral obligation but a legal obligation to ensure that there products are safe for use and consumption. If there is any risk associated with using the product or if it poses any type of hazard, warning labels must be on the packaging. Depending on the type of product, for example exercise equipment, serious injury can occur. It is not uncommon for a head injury or brain injury to occur as well as a back or spinal injury to result if there is a defective machine.

A Defective Product will typically stem from any of the following problems:

• Failure to warn: The product did not have a warning label or the label was not sufficient to warn consumers of safety hazards, which caused physical injury.
• Manufacturing defect: A defect in a product that occurred during manufacturing and resulted in serious injury;
• Design defect: A design problem with a product caused an injury.

The types of injury that can be caused by a Defective Product vary greatly depending on the type of product. Anything from a burn injury, scars, or a Head Injury , Spinal Injury or crush accident forcing an Amputation as a result. Any type of injury can be not only serious, but permanent in some cases. If you have suffered an injury by a Defective Product, you may no longer be able to work or care for yourself, or enjoy life that way you knew before. You have rights as a victim, and one of those rights to pursue a claim against the negligent party, including the manufacturer, retailer, or wholesaler of the product.

If you have experienced a physical injury from a Defective Product, you should contact a New York Injury Lawyer from Stephen Bilkis and Associates right away. Defective Product cases are complex and need to be handled by an experienced lawyer to ensure that your rights are protected. Whether you have experienced Blindness, Hearing Loss, a Head Injury or Broken Bone, our highly skilled New York Injury Lawyers will aggressively pursue compensation for your injuries. We will provide you with a free consultation with your first appointment, so call us today at 1-800-NY-NY-LAW. Where ever you are in New York, we have an office nearby in New York City: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island including Nassau County and Suffolk County and Westchester County.