Lafayette Product Liability Attorney

Product Defect Lawyer

As members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the trial lawyers of Bart Bernard are thoroughly familiar with the demands of complex personal injury involving dangerous products and serious injuries. We're up to the challenge of effective client service on damages claims related to defective automotive, industrial, or recreational products.

For a free consultation about your right to compensation for the negligent design, production, or distribution of defective products, contact an experienced product liability attorney at either of our law firm's two locations: Lafayette, Louisiana.

Call Bart Bernard at 1-888-551-4160 or 1-888-427-8656 to discuss your product liability claim

In many product liability cases, it's not enough to show that our client was injured as a result of using a given product. We also need to prove that the dangers involved with the product were unreasonable and were caused by negligence in the design or manufacturing process, improper refusal to design safety features into the product, or failure to warn of certain hazards in the ordinary use of the product.

In order to carry our burden of proof, we work intensively with industrial and design engineers to show how particular features of the product presented unreasonable dangers and that effective safeguards could have been engineered into the product at a reasonable cost. Once in a while, we even find evidence suggesting that the manufacturer considered and rejected safety features for the sake of profit margins.

The following are examples of the kinds of product liability cases our Louisiana attorneys accept:

• Auto defects cases involving airbags, seat belts, brakes, tires, fuel systems, or doors — including Toyota's brake and accelerator recall
• SUV or passenger van rollover cases involving roof crush injuries or fatalities
• Injuries caused by dangerous or defective industrial products
• Unsafe or defective components or equipment in commercial vessels or recreational boats and watercraft, such as hydraulic system failures
• Dangerous household or consumer goods resulting in serious or fatal injury
• Dangerous or defective pharmaceuticals and medical devices

We handle product liability cases on a contingency fee basis

Because product liability litigation often requires the plaintiff to present highly technical evidence about engineering and production processes, a products defects lawsuit can be expensive and time-consuming. At Bart Bernard, we take a selective approach to products litigation, but once we accept a case, we advance all of the costs of proving your claims, and we typically only recover our costs if we make a successful recovery on your claims.

If you were injured by a product that had a manufacturing defect, design defect, or was improperly labeled, contact Bart Bernard for a free consultation with an experienced product liability attorney. Located in Louisiana, we represent clients in both state and federal courts.