Product liability law deals with the accountability of commercial product sellers and distributors for harm caused by their products. Some points of serious contention include:
Manufacturing defects–when the product departs from its intended design, even if all possible care was exercised.
Design defects–when the foreseeable risks of harm posed by the product could have been reduced or avoided by the adoption of a reasonable alternative design, and failure to use the alternative design renders the product not reasonably safe.
Inadequate instructions or warnings defects–when the foreseeable risks of harm posed by the product could have been reduced or avoided by reasonable instructions or warnings, and their omission renders the product not reasonably safe.
