We live in a society where we expect our public and private
institutions and fellow citizens to act in a way that keeps us
reasonably safe and secure. Of course, there will always be some
risk of injury as we go about our business. But it's simply not
practical to spend our days wearing bubble wrap while sitting
perfectly still in sterile rooms.
What happens when the negligence of others creates an
unreasonable hazard that leads to injury? Defective products can
put us at risk, and a failure to warn people of defects can prevent
us from doing our own due diligence to protect ourselves from
reasonably foreseeable harm.
In this blog, I examine negligence in terms of product liability and explain the difference
between negligence resulting in a defective product (in manufacture
or design and a failure to warn consumers/users about a
product's foreseeable and inherent risks.
