{"id":375309,"date":"2019-04-15T13:52:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/new-york-law\/new-york-product-liability-laws.html"},"modified":"2019-04-15T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T20:45:20","slug":"new-york-product-liability-laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/new-york-law\/new-york-product-liability-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"New York Product Liability Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New York Product Liability Laws<\/h1>\n
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A product can be defective in a number of different ways. It may have a design defect, which means that the product, as designed, is defective. Another way a product may be defective is if something went wrong during the manufacturing process, meaning that the design may have been safe, but it was constructed deficiently. Finally, a product can be defective if it does not come with sufficient instructions or warnings.<\/p>\r\n

There aren’t any federal product liability laws. Instead, those injured by a product who are seeking to recover for their injuries must do so under state laws. While some states may have laws that specifically govern product liability lawsuits, others address these types of cases under their general personal injury laws. In New York, for example, product liability<\/a> is not specifically addressed by statute, but is instead covered in the context of civil practice law and rules.<\/p>\r\n

Legal Theories for Product Liability Claims<\/h2>\r\n

There are primarily four legal theories<\/a> that a products liability claim can be based upon:<\/p>\r\n