Kansas City Product Liability Attorneys

“Our attorneys have extensive experience in all areas of product liability law. We have helped our clients obtain significant verdicts and settlements needed for a lifetime of medical treatment and financial damages.” 
- Partner, Matt Birch

Product Defects Are No Joke. Call Us If You Were Injured.

Designers and manufacturers of consumer products and industrial equipment are required to ensure their products are safe from defects that can cause injury or death. Consumer safety laws are clear that if someone gets injured while using the product in a manner deemed to be reasonable and safe, the manufacturer may be held liable for money damages. It is even possible in some cases for a manufacturer to be liable when the consumer was intentionally misusing the product due to strict product liability laws.

If you’ve been injured while using a dangerous product, contact an experienced product liability trial lawyer at Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, CHTD in Kansas City, Missouri. For 75+ years, we’ve been the law firm people turn to when seeking compensation for injuries and wrongful deaths caused by someone’s negligence. Whether the defendant is an individual or an entire corporation, we can take the case and represent you with confidence and professionalism.

We have experience in defective product cases in a wide range of industries, including:

• Automotive defects
• Industrial products
• Construction equipment
• Home appliances and power tools
• Medical devices
• Unsafe medications
• Environmental hazards from chemicals
• Unsafe children’s toys

This list is only a few examples of the defective product cases we can handle. For more information about how we can help, dial (816) 542-5999 now.

Standing Up to Negligent Medical Device Manufacturers

Although we accept and can work on all sorts of defective product cases, much of our practice focus is on dangerous medical device cases. Medical device manufacturers are often defended by corporate defense teams and state or federal legislation. To take them on, you should team up with our attorneys right away.

Our legal team is familiar with medical malpractice laws that can factor into medical device defect cases. We also have extensive experience with M. chimaera bacteria lawsuits that involve heater-cooler devices that are difficult to sterilize. If you or a loved one suffered from a serious bacterial infection after a heater-cooler device was used during a cardiac surgery procedure, contact our firm to see if you can file a claim against the heater-cooler manufacturer and/or the medical team that performed the surgery.

Injuries Caused by Defective Products

What sort of injury did you suffer due to a product defect? Depending on the product you were using, your injury could vary greatly. You might even be injured differently than someone else who was hurt by the same type of product because the defect is that unpredictable.

Let us know if you suffered any of these serious injuries due to a product defect:

• Permanent scarring
• Broken bone
• Third-degree burn
• Spine injury
• Head injury
• Electrical shock injury
• Severe laceration
• Cardiorespiratory damage or failure
• Cancer or other terminal illness
• Suffocation or choking injury

Who Can Be Held Liable? 

When considering a product defect case, the most likely party to be liable is the product manufacturer. At several steps in the design and manufacturing process, there should be the opportunity for the manufacturer to notice a potential problem and take corrective measures to make the product safer. If they do not, then they should be liable for when something goes wrong and someone gets hurt.

However, the company that sold the product directly to you could be the liable party instead of the manufacturer. It depends on how the retailer or vendor handled the product before selling it to you, the consumer. If a manufacturer says a product must be stored in a cool, dry place, for example, but the vendor leaves it in direct sunlight, then the vendor could be liable if the product is defective or unsafe by the time the consumer uses it.

Design Failures, Manufacturing Errors & Inadequate Warnings

Products can be defective in three ways:

• Design failure: When a product is designed unsafely, it is defective by design. No product made using that design specification can be safe, so the product and all like it should be recalled.
• Manufacturing error: When a product is designed correctly but is created incorrectly, it can become defective by manufacturing error. Usually, manufacturing errors will only affect certain lots or batches of a product, not all of them.
• Inadequate warnings: When a product doesn’t provide enough instructions and information to the consumer, it is defective via inadequate warnings. A consumer can only use a product safely when they are fully informed about how to use it and its potential dangers. Prescription drugs that don’t disclose all side effects are examples of products made defective by inadequate warnings.

We Know How to Win a Product Liability Claim

Manufacturers have been successfully getting additional court protection from liability over the past several years due to carefully planned lobbying. Our firm often works with a network of independent experts to investigate and prepare the strongest, most effective case in your favor to overcome the one-sidedness that can feel present in many cases. By preparing to win in court from day one, we also increase our chances at the negotiating table.

Free Consultations are Available – Schedule Yours Now

Contact our product liability lawyers to learn more about our record of success and your legal options after being hurt by a defective product. Our experienced trial attorneys represent clients in cases throughout Missouri, Kansas, and the Midwest. Yours could be our next big win!

You can call us at (816) 542-5999 to arrange a free consultation. If you can’t come to us, we’ll try our best to come to you. Contact us today.