Products Liability Attorney in Parsippany, New Jersey

Can you sue if a child was injured by a product that was designed for adults?

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The answer to that question is yes, but it’s very facts sensitive. You’d have to in every product’s liability case, the first thing to do is secure the product.
So you’d have to look at the product and see if there was a design defect um where it should have been designed
for only an adult to open it, for example, but it wasn’t designed properly and a child was able to get into it. So
yes, absolutely you can you can sue for a child even though the product was designed for an adult.

Parsippany, NJ personal injury attorney Christopher Masmunno talks about suing for a child that was injured by a product that was designed for adults. He explains that a child may have a valid product liability claim even when the product was originally intended for adult use, although the outcome depends heavily on the specific facts of the case. He notes that one of the first steps in any product liability investigation is preserving and examining the product to determine whether it contains a design defect or other safety issue. He adds that if a product should have been designed to prevent access by children but failed to do so, the manufacturer may still be held responsible for resulting injuries.

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