Stoves are essential appliances for the home. They allow us to cook the meals that fuel everyday life. Most people can use stoves with no issues. In some cases, carelessness can lead to mild injuries (like touching hot surfaces), but incidents tend to be only minor; these are typically strictly associated with user error. However, it is possible for stoves to be defective and pose a significant risk of injury to consumers.
Did you or a member of your family suffer a burn injury associated with a faulty stove? If so, you might have grounds to pursue a claim. More specifically, you might have grounds to file a product liability claim against the manufacturer of the defective store. If you are interested in learning more about your right to sue after you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective appliance, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm as soon as possible.
Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm with many years of experience handling all types of injury claims, including those arising from product defects. Are you interested in discussing your claim with our product liability lawyers? If so, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience. Our product liability attorneys are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with the guidance that you need to reach a successful claim outcome.
About Defective Stoves
Any product can potentially be defective; stoves are no exception. Defective stoves typically result in burn injuries. For instance, it is possible for some parts of the stove (that should not get hot) to get hot and pose a burn injury to consumers. In a past incident, defective stoves were found have a dangerous accumulation of gas, causing it to ignite; this burned the consumers when they opened the oven door. Without a doubt, these incidents can be devastating to affected individuals. Regardless of the harm that you or a member of your family suffered associated with a defective stove, you should explore your right to pursue a claim.
Understanding Product Liability
Who can I sue? Do you have the right to sue for the injuries and property damage resulting from an incident involving a defective stove? Depending on the details surrounding the incident – specifically, if the incident was a result of a defect in manufacturing, design, or labeling – affected consumers might have a right to sue. That is, you could sue for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered.
Your right to sue if based on product liability. All companies owe their consumers a specific duty of care – a duty to ensure that all their products are completely safe for their consumers to use. Companies must subject their products to thorough tests and inspections; this allows them to identify defects and quickly address them before making them available to consumers. If companies fail to ensure that their products are safe for consumer use, they are breaching their duty of care towards their consumers (and they are putting innocent consumers at risk of suffering harm). If a breached duty of care leads to an incident which causes harm, the company could be liable.
If you are interested in learning more about the concept of product liability and your right to sue, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm at your earliest convenience. Our lawyers will help you better understand your right to file a defective product claim.
You Can Be Eligible to Recover Compensation
If your defective product claim against the stove manufacturer is successful, you could be eligible to recover compensation for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered due to a faulty stove. What could you recover? Based on the details surrounding your claim, you could be eligible to recover compensation for some of the following:
- Medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Funeral and burial expenses
- Punitive damages
- Attorney’s fees
If you are interested in learning more about the compensation that you could be eligible to receive if your claim is successful, you should seek legal assistance with the experts at our firm immediately. Our lawyers are ready to help you recover the compensation that you are owed. Our lawyers are ready to evaluate your claim and provide you with the guidance that you need to successfully recover the highest amount of compensation available for your claim. Contact us today.
What Should You Do?
If you or a member of your family suffered a burn injury or any other incident associated with a defective stove, you should follow the recommendations listed below to prepare to file a lawsuit:
- Seek medical care as soon as possible
- Take photos of all your injuries
- Take photos of the defect
- Take photos of any property damage resulting from the incident
- Take photos of the whole scene of the incident
- Stop using the defective product
- Leave it as-is in a safe place
- Do not tamper with it in any way
- Contact the company to report the incident and the harm suffered
- Do not agree to a refund or a credit
- Do not agree to a free repair
- Do not agree to a free replacement
- Do not agree to return the defective product under any circumstances
- Speak to witnesses present at the time of the incident
- Gather any video footage that might have captured the incident (home surveillance footage, for instance)
- Collect all relevant records, including medical records, property damage, and records of lost wages
- Seek legal assistance as soon as possible
File Your Claim Quickly
If you or a member of your family were the victims of an explosion or other incidents resulting in burn injuries due to a defective stove, you could be eligible to pursue a claim. You must act quickly to ensure that you can file your claim within the appropriate timeframe. This is because all deadlines are subject to a statute of limitations; a statute of limitations determines the total length of time that claimants have to sue. If they fail to file within the time allowed by the statute of limitations, they could lose their right to sue.
How long do you have to file your defective stove claim? In California, product liability claims are normally subject to a two-year statute of limitations; this means that claimants have a total of two years to file their claims. In some cases, however, exceptions can apply, meaning that the statute of limitations could be tolled or paused. To ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the time that you have to pursue your claim, do not hesitate to contact us at your earliest convenience.
Contact the Experts at Our Firm
Are you in need of legal assistance after you or a member of your family suffered harm associated with a defective appliance – specifically, a defective stove? You should discuss your right to pursue a product liability claim with the experts at our firm immediately. At Normandie Law Firm, our lawyers have many years of experience handling different types of personal injury claims, including defective product claims. Our experts are dedicated to representing victims and their families – aggressively fighting for their right to be compensated. If you would like to discuss your claim with the experts at our firm, contact us today.
We offer free legal services to ensure that victims and their families have access to the guidance that they need to pursue their claims. Our free legal services include free consultations and free second opinions. During our free legal services, our lawyers will be available to answer your questions and address your concerns. Our defective product attorneys will provide you all the information that you need file your claim and fight for your right to reach a successful claim outcome. Would you like to benefit from our free legal services? If so, contact us today.
Our firm offers a Zero-Fee guarantee; therefore, our clients will not be required to pay upfront legal fees for our legal services. In addition, our firm is based on contingency; this means that our clients will not be required to pay anything until after reaching a positive claim outcome. If you do not win, you will simply not be required to pay anything for our legal services.
Are you ready to discuss your claim with the experts at our firm? If so, contact us today.
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