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Remember, in product liability law, these general disclaimers usually aren't valid since customers cannot properly bargain away their warranty rights. If companies could escape liability by simply writing this disclaimer, they would have little incentive to ensure that their products are safe.

Failure to Warn Massachusetts requires sellers and leasers of products to provide adequate warnings of non-obvious risks of using a product which help to make the product reasonably safe. Some risks are so likely that a warning will be ineffective and the product design must contain safety devices to alleviate it.

No. It is not possible to exclude liability.

The Product Liability Act provides two different methods through which an aggrieved party can bring a claim—either by filing a lawsuit in any court that has jurisdiction or by filing a complaint with the Consumer Protection Board.

Your business may be held legally responsible for any injuries to people or damage to property caused by a faulty product. You can be held liable for faulty products even if you did not manufacture them. You may be liable for compensation if: your business's name is on the product.

Product liability insurance helps protect your business from claims that a product you made or sold caused bodily injury or property damage to someone else's belongings. An insurance company may offer this coverage as a standalone policy, but we include it as part of your general liability insurance.

California's Strict Liability Rule In California, the strict liability rule plays a pivotal role in product liability cases. This rule states that manufacturers, distributors, and retailers can be held liable if their product is found to be defective, regardless of whether they were negligent or not.

There are certain elements that must be established to sustain a claim of negligence. The elements of negligence are: duty, breach of care, causation, and damages.

In both tort and criminal law, strict liability exists when a defendant is liable for committing an action, regardless of what his/her intent or mental state was when committing the action. In criminal law, possession crimes and statutory rape are both examples of strict liability offenses.