Products Liability Attorneys

Louisiana law is complex regarding claims of products liability. Under Louisiana law, a product manufacturer has a duty to ensure that its products are free from defects. The Louisiana Products Liability Act (LPLA) provides the state’s exclusive theories of liability against manufacturers for damage caused by their defective products. Under the Act, the manufacturer of a product is liable for damage proximately caused by a characteristic of the product that renders it unreasonably dangerous, provided that such damage arose from a reasonably anticipated use of the product by the claimant or another person or entity.

What Is Products Liability?

A product is unreasonably dangerous under the LPLA if and only if:

• The product was unreasonably dangerous in construction or composition at the time it left the manufacturer’s control,
• The product was unreasonably dangerous in design at the time the product left the manufacturer’s control,
• The product was unreasonably dangerous at the time it left the manufacturer’s control because an adequate warning about the product has not been provided, or the manufacturer acquired or should have acquired knowledge of the dangerous characteristics of the product since the product left the manufacturers control and failed to provide a reasonable warning after obtaining such information; or
• The product is unreasonably dangerous because it does not conform to an express warranty of the manufacturer about the product, and the express warranty induced the plaintiff to use the product in a way that caused plaintiffs injuries.

As you can see, Louisiana law surrounding products liability claims is convoluted.