{"id":260,"date":"2014-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/how-do-courts-determine-what-is-a-defective-product\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:09:59","slug":"how-do-courts-determine-what-is-a-defective-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/how-do-courts-determine-what-is-a-defective-product\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Prove That a Product is Defective?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/product-liability\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Product Liability<\/a> | December 19, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Under the basic premise of products liability, manufacturers have a duty to ensure that the products they sell to the public are not unreasonably dangerous. Although this area of law can be quite complicated, it is generally assumed that consumers usually purchase products based largely on what they assume to be the product&#8217;s purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Much of that consumer expectation is predicated on the manner in which products are marketed. For example, a person shopping for milk at a grocery store would not expect to find laundry bleach packaged in similar containers next to the milk in the dairy aisle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/how-do-courts-determine-what-is-a-defective-product\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How Do You Prove That a Product is Defective?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Product Liability | December 19, 2014 Under the basic premise of products liability, manufacturers have a duty to ensure that the products they sell to the public are not unreasonably dangerous. 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