New York Dangerous & Defective Product Lawyers
Manufacturers, distributors, retailers, food producers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers have a responsibility to provide safe products to consumers.
When dangerous, defective, contaminated, or improperly labeled products cause injury, Berkowitz & Weitz Law helps victims and families pursue compensation throughout New York.
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Results For Victims Of Serious Negligence
Dangerous and defective products can cause severe injuries, long-term medical complications, permanent disabilities, foodborne illnesses, and wrongful death. The results below reflect Berkowitz & Weitz Law’s experience handling serious negligence and injury claims throughout New York.
Crane Accident Settlement
Catastrophic injury settlement involving permanent disability, extensive future medical care, and long-term financial losses.
Premises Liability Trial Verdict
Trial verdict involving severe injuries, multiple surgeries, and significant long-term physical limitations.
Motorcycle Accident Recovery
Recovery involving multiple fractures, surgery, and substantial long-term damages after a serious collision.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different and must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances.
Holding Manufacturers Accountable
Consumers rely on manufacturers to design, test, manufacture, and distribute products that are reasonably safe when used as intended. When companies place dangerous products into the marketplace, serious injuries can occur.
Product liability claims may arise when a product contains a design defect, manufacturing defect, inadequate warning, improper instructions, contamination, or another dangerous condition that causes injury.
Manufacturers cannot avoid responsibility simply because a product complied with minimum regulations. Companies have a continuing obligation to identify hazards, investigate safety concerns, and take corrective action when dangerous products place consumers at risk.
Defective products can cause traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, severe burns, amputations, internal injuries, foodborne illnesses, and other life-changing conditions.
How Dangerous Products Cause Injuries
Most product liability claims arise from one of three categories of product defects.
Unsafe Design
Some products are dangerous from the moment they are designed. A safer alternative design may have prevented the injury entirely.
Manufacturing Errors
Mistakes during manufacturing, assembly, packaging, or quality control can transform an otherwise safe product into a dangerous one.
Missing Warnings
Consumers have a right to understand the risks associated with a product. Inadequate warnings and instructions can result in serious injuries.
Types Of Dangerous & Defective Product Claims
Dangerous and defective product claims can arise from a wide range of consumer products, industrial equipment, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and contaminated food products.
Design Defects
Products that are inherently dangerous because of flaws in their design.
Manufacturing Defects
Errors occurring during production, assembly, packaging, or distribution.
Failure To Warn
Missing instructions, inadequate warnings, or insufficient safety information.
Dangerous Pharmaceuticals
Prescription and over-the-counter medications that cause preventable injuries.
Defective Medical Devices
Medical implants, surgical devices, and equipment failures.
Contaminated Food Products
Foodborne illness, food poisoning, contamination, and unsafe food products.
Defective Children’s Products
Unsafe toys, cribs, strollers, and children’s consumer products.
Consumer Product Injuries
Household appliances, electronics, tools, and consumer goods.
Who May Be Responsible For A Dangerous Product?
Multiple companies may share responsibility for a dangerous or defective product. Determining liability often requires a detailed investigation into the product’s design, manufacturing process, distribution chain, labeling, and safety history.
Manufacturers
Distributors
Wholesalers
Retailers
Pharmaceutical Companies
Medical Device Manufacturers
Food Producers
Restaurants & Food Service Providers
Food Products Should Be Safe
Food poisoning and foodborne illnesses affect millions of Americans every year. While many cases result in temporary illness, serious contamination can cause hospitalization, kidney failure, long-term health complications, and death.
Americans Impacted
Approximately 48 million Americans experience foodborne illness every year.
Hospitalizations
Serious foodborne illnesses result in more than 128,000 hospitalizations annually.
Annual Deaths
Thousands of Americans die each year from preventable food contamination events.
Common Foodborne Contaminants
Contamination can occur during farming, manufacturing, packaging, transportation, storage, preparation, or service.
Salmonella
One of the most common causes of food poisoning, frequently linked to poultry, eggs, and produce.
E. Coli
Dangerous bacteria capable of causing severe gastrointestinal illness and kidney damage.
Listeria
Particularly dangerous for pregnant women, older adults, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
Campylobacter
Commonly associated with undercooked poultry and contaminated food handling practices.
Norovirus
Highly contagious viral contamination often associated with restaurants and food service.
Parasites
Certain foodborne parasites can result in serious illness and long-term complications.
Common Symptoms Of Food Poisoning
Nausea & Vomiting
Diarrhea
Abdominal Cramps
Fever
Fatigue
Dehydration
Serious Complications From Foodborne Illness
Severe food poisoning can create life-changing medical conditions requiring extensive treatment and long-term care.
Kidney Failure
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Chronic Health Problems
Hospitalization
Wrongful Death
Food Poisoning Can Be More Serious Than People Realize
Many people assume food poisoning results in a temporary stomach illness. In reality, severe contamination can cause hospitalization, kidney damage, neurological injuries, long-term digestive complications, lost income, and even death.
Children, older adults, pregnant women, and individuals with weakened immune systems often face the greatest risk of severe complications.
When contaminated food causes significant injuries, victims may have the right to pursue compensation from the parties responsible for producing, distributing, preparing, or serving unsafe food products.
Investigating Product Liability Claims
Successful product liability cases often require extensive investigation and expert analysis.
Our attorneys work with engineers, product safety experts, medical professionals, food safety specialists, economists, and industry experts to identify dangerous conditions and establish liability.
- Product Testing
- Recall Investigations
- FDA Records
- Manufacturing Records
- Food Safety Inspections
- Expert Witness Analysis
Severe foodborne illnesses can result in neurological injuries, cognitive impairment, and other catastrophic conditions. Learn more about our New York Brain Injury Attorneys .
Common Dangerous Products
Product liability claims can involve a wide variety of products used at home, at work, in healthcare settings, and throughout everyday life.
Medical Devices
Implants, surgical devices, and medical equipment failures.
Prescription Drugs
Dangerous side effects, inadequate warnings, and pharmaceutical defects.
Children’s Products
Toys, cribs, strollers, and products marketed to children.
Household Appliances
Defective appliances causing fires, burns, and other injuries.
Automotive Parts
Brake failures, tire defects, airbag failures, and vehicle component defects.
Power Tools
Equipment defects resulting in severe injuries and amputations.
Industrial Equipment
Manufacturing and workplace machinery failures.
Food Products
Contaminated food, food recalls, and foodborne illness claims.
Product Recalls & Consumer Safety Alerts
A product recall does not automatically create a lawsuit, but recalls often provide important evidence that a manufacturer knew or should have known about a dangerous condition.
FDA Recalls
Investigating recalls involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food products.
Consumer Product Recalls
Household products, electronics, tools, appliances, and children’s products.
Food Safety Alerts
Food contamination investigations involving restaurants, grocery stores, and manufacturers.
Automotive Safety Recalls
Vehicle defects involving airbags, brakes, tires, steering systems, and other components.
Our attorneys review recalls, government safety bulletins, internal company documents, inspection reports, and consumer complaints when evaluating dangerous and defective product claims.
When manufacturers fail to address known hazards, consumers can suffer preventable injuries that may support a product liability lawsuit.
Damages In Product Liability Cases
Victims injured by dangerous or defective products may be entitled to compensation for both economic and non-economic losses.
Medical Expenses
Emergency treatment, hospitalization, surgery, rehabilitation, medications, and future care.
Lost Income
Lost wages, diminished earning capacity, and employment-related losses.
Pain & Suffering
Physical pain, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life.
Future Medical Treatment
Ongoing treatment, therapy, medications, and long-term care.
Permanent Disability
Compensation for life-altering injuries and permanent impairments.
Wrongful Death Damages
Financial compensation available to surviving family members after a fatal injury.
Related Injury Claims & Practice Areas
Learn more about other practice areas frequently connected to serious product liability and catastrophic injury cases.
Brain Injury Attorneys
Representation for victims suffering traumatic brain injuries and neurological damage.
Wrongful Death Attorneys
Legal representation for families after preventable fatal accidents and injuries.
Medical Malpractice Attorneys
Claims involving medical negligence, treatment errors, and patient harm.
Construction Accident Attorneys
Serious workplace and construction-related injuries.
Motor Vehicle Accident Attorneys
Automobile, truck, motorcycle, and transportation-related injury claims.
Premises Liability Attorneys
Property owner negligence and unsafe premises claims.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a product liability claim in New York?
A product liability claim is a legal claim involving injuries caused by a dangerous, defective, contaminated, or improperly labeled product. These cases may involve consumer goods, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food products, children’s products, appliances, tools, or other products that were unsafe when used as intended.
What types of product defects can lead to a lawsuit?
A product may be defective because of an unsafe design, a manufacturing error, contamination, missing safety warnings, inadequate instructions, or failure to alert consumers about known risks.
Can I sue a manufacturer if a defective product injured me?
Potentially. Manufacturers may be liable when their products cause injuries due to dangerous design, manufacturing defects, contamination, inadequate warnings, or other unsafe conditions.
Can stores, retailers, or distributors also be held responsible?
In some cases, retailers, distributors, wholesalers, and other companies in the supply chain may share responsibility for defective products sold to consumers.
What should I do if I was injured by a recalled product?
A recall may provide important evidence that a product was dangerous or defective. You should preserve the product, packaging, receipts, recall notices, photographs, medical records, and any other evidence connected to the injury.
Can I sue after getting food poisoning from contaminated food?
Yes. Victims of serious food poisoning or foodborne illness may have legal claims against restaurants, food producers, distributors, grocery stores, or other responsible parties if contaminated food caused significant harm.
How do I prove food poisoning?
Medical records, laboratory testing, health department investigations, food safety reports, purchase records, receipts, witness statements, and outbreak evidence may help establish a food poisoning claim.
What compensation can I recover in a defective product lawsuit?
Compensation may include medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, future care costs, rehabilitation, reduced earning capacity, permanent disability, and wrongful death damages in fatal cases.
How long do I have to file a product liability lawsuit in New York?
Deadlines vary depending on the facts of the case, the type of product, the injury, and the responsible parties. Prompt legal review is important so evidence can be preserved and filing deadlines are not missed.
How much is my defective product case worth?
The value of a claim depends on the severity of the injury, liability evidence, medical treatment, lost income, long-term impact, available insurance, and whether the defect caused permanent harm.
Speak With A New York Product Liability Attorney Today
If you or a loved one has been injured by a dangerous product, contaminated food product, defective medical device, unsafe prescription drug, or another defective consumer product, contact Berkowitz & Weitz Law today for a free consultation.
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