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The Helmsing Leach products liability team has broad and deep experience defending product liability suits and claims in Alabama and many other states. Collectively, our product liability lawyers have more than 150 years of experience representing the world’s leading manufacturers, distributors, retailers, component part suppliers, testing facilities, individuals and others in product liability lawsuits brought under Alabama’s product liability law—the Alabama Extended Manufacturers Liability Doctrine (“AEMLD”). Our experience encompasses other causes of action, including negligence, wantonness, breach of warranty, and fraud, in state and federal courts throughout Alabama and beyond.

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What is Product Liability?

At its core, product liability encapsulates the legal accountability imposed on manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and retailers for injuries or damages resulting from defective or hazardous products. These defects can manifest in diverse forms, ranging from design flaws and manufacturing errors to inadequate warnings or instructions.

Top Product Liability Law Firm in Mobile, AL

Helmsing Leach’s product liability defense lawyers represent manufacturers and distributors of airplanes, appliances, boats, chemicals, drugs and medical devices, engines, industrial equipment and machines, metals, oil-field equipment, saws, power tools, and many other products in high-stakes product liability lawsuits for alleged product defects resulting in personal injury. Such cases include mass tort, multi-district and class action litigation.

Success Stories

Because our product liability law firm also has one of Alabama’s most active medical malpractice defense groups, our teams bring extensive knowledge of medical and scientific experts, procedures, literature, and issues to our product liability engagements. Our success is reflected in the firm’s challenges to the admissibility of expert testimony in many cases. In addition, we have substantial experience pursuing and defending product liability subrogation and indemnity claims.

  • Won summary judgment in a wrongful death case involving an alleged defect in a component of a fire extinguisher
  • Won summary judgment for testing company in products and premises liability case involving severe burn injuries
  • Won summary judgments and voluntary dismissals by plaintiffs for over-the-counter drug makers in several Alabama cases
  • Before the filing of answer, our firm obtained voluntary dismissal of a wrongful death case arising out of a boating accident in Geneva County, Alabama
  • Have represented a leading marine outboard engine manufacturer for 20 years in product liability, warranty, and negligence
  • Defended regional distributors and local retailers in a series of Alabama product liability cases, obtaining the dismissal of all claims and cases
  • Won dismissal of chemical manufacturer in toxic tort wrongful death case in Wilcox County, Alabama
  • Achieved favorable resolution in wrongful death case arising out of death of a two-year-old child in Sumter County, Alabama

Proven Record of Success in Product Liability Defense

There are several defenses to product liability, including unforeseeable use, assumption of risk, and contributory negligence. Often another factor besides the product itself can cause an injury. It is crucial to hire an attorney who is knowledgeable of these defenses to work on such claims.

With our deep knowledge of Alabama’s legal system and precedent-setting product liability law cases, Helmsing Leach is well-equipped to protect the interests of our clients and achieve favorable outcomes in product liability disputes.

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