Strict Product Liability
Category: legal
The legal responsibility of manufacturers and sellers for injuries caused by defective products, regardless of fault.
If a product has a design defect, a manufacturing defect, or a failure to warn (insufficient labels), the manufacturer is liable. It doesn’t matter if they tried their best; if the product failed and hurt someone, the manufacturer pays.
Common Examples
- Even with a perfect safety record, the company faced strict product liability when the chainsaw’s guard failed during normal use.
- Strict product liability forces manufacturers to internalize the costs of safety failures, encouraging them to design better products initially.