subject: The Scope For Injury Arising From Using Faulty Products Is Massive [print this page] If products are faulty or defective, it is within everyones right to take the item concerned back to the store from where it was bought and receive a refund or a replacement product.
This is accepted as the norm in the current climate but if a defective product was to cause someone an injury, it may be that the matter should be taken further. There is a wide range of claims that can be made against faulty products purely because of the sheer variety of injuries and incidents that can occur when using them. There have sadly been cases of deaths being cause through using faulty products so there is a lot to consider. The vast majority of faulty product cases will focus on smaller and lesser injuries but there is a wide range of injuries to consider.
A common injury that can affect a great number of people is suffering due to an explosion in bottles or cylinders. This type of accident can happen for many reasons and for many of them, the accident will have nothing to do with anything that the user of the product has done. Poorly constructed cylinders or bottles can have an impact on their use, as can failing to properly secure the bottle or cylinder at various steps of their manufacture or use. It may be that the bottle has become unsafe during transit or before the customer has even bought the product. Any accidents caused by a defective cylinder or bottle could be the subject of a claim against the manufacturer.
Many car drivers have found themselves involved in a road traffic accident because of defective parts of a car or faulty workmanship in the car's construction. It doesnt matter whether the person injured in the accident is the driver, a passenger or someone else outside of the vehicle, if the injury can be traced to a defective part, there will be the opportunity to lay a personal injury claim against the manufacturer concerned.
In fact, virtually every product or good, if manufactured incorrectly, has the ability to cause injury. Some of these injuries may only be minor, such as bruises or cuts, but there is the potential for people to be permanently scarred or severely injured by a faulty product. The vast majority of products will be safe to use but all it takes is one accident with one defective product and a persons life can be turned upside down.
