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Were you injured by a dangerous product? A Los Angeles product liability attorney from Martinian Lawyers may be able to assist. Every day, consumers are injured by products. When is it the consumer’s fault and when is it the manufacturer’s fault? In order to have a product liability claim, a person must be able to prove that a product was dangerous or somehow defective, and that defect directly resulted in injury. Contact a product liability attorney at Martian Lawyers today! Manufacturing Defects With manufacturing defects, a product is considered defective because of a flaw during the manufacturing process. If the product would have been manufactured properly, then the product likely would not have been defective. Design Defects  With design defects, a product is deemed defective due to flaws in the design itself. This means that even if a product was manufactured perfectly, it still would have posed a safety risk to consumers. Marketing Defects  These defects can also be called “failure to warn.” Product manufacturers could be held responsible for failing to market their product properly. For example, marketing a product to young children that could be dangerous to this age group could result in a lawsuit. Another example would be a company that fails to thoroughly explain the proper use of a product on the warning label or instructions. Product liability law is unlike many other types of personal injury claims. In many defective product cases, the principle of strict liability is used rather than negligence. This is because negligence implies some sort of careless action. While manufacturers are responsible/liable for defective products they issue, these cases do not typically involve claims of negligence.