Suwanee Product Liability Attorneys For Dangerous Drugs And Defective Products
As a consumer in Gwinnett County or the Atlanta area, you expect the products you purchase to be free from defects and suitable for their advertised use.
Despite your expectations, sometimes injury occurs because a product was defective and not suitable for its intended purpose.
Products that can be defective range from a variety of areas including:
- Auto Defect Injuries
- Bicycles
- Dangerous Products
- Deck Collapse
- Defective Car Parts
- Defective Children’s Products
- Defective Home Appliances
- Defective Medical Devices
- Drugs
- Four wheelers/ATVs
- Heavy Equipment Failure
- Home Construction
- Ladders
- Products Liability
- Recalls
Georgia Defective Product Claims
The law recognizes three distinct categories when determining if a product caused your injuries:
- “Design defect” means the product was dangerous before manufacturing even began. The blueprint itself was flawed. Every item produced from that design carries the same risk.
- A manufacturing defect occurs during production. The design may be sound, but something went wrong in making your specific product. This could be one faulty item or an entire batch.
- Failure to warn happens when manufacturers do not provide adequate safety information. Even a well-designed, properly made product can cause harm if users aren’t told about risks or given proper instructions.
Each type can lead to serious harm from dangerous drugs or medical devices.
Georgia’s Statute Of Limitations
Georgia gives you two years from the date of injury to file a product liability lawsuit. This deadline is firm. If you miss it, you lose your right to compensation regardless of how severe your injuries are.
The clock typically starts when you discover the injury. For drug cases, this might not be the day you took the medication. Some harmful effects take months or years to appear.
Even though two years sounds like plenty of time, it is not. Building a strong case requires investigation, finding the right parties to sue and gathering medical evidence. Waiting reduces our ability to secure the compensation you deserve.
How Our Gwinnett County Product Liability Attorneys Can Help
We aim to level the legal playing field for you during tough times by:
- Checking for recalls and similar lawsuits: We search federal databases and court records to find if others have reported the same problems. This information strengthens your case and helps identify patterns of negligence.
- Identifying all liable parties in the chain of distribution: The manufacturer is not always the only defendant. Distributors, retailers and component makers may share responsibility. We trace the entire path from factory to consumer to help ensure every responsible party is held accountable.
With over 50 years of combined experience, including past work defending large companies, we now focus fully on helping injured people. We know what it takes to obtain fair compensation.