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Why Hire a Las Vegas Product Liability Lawyer?
Hire a lawyer to help you after an injury from a defective product because you deserve fair compensation for the harm caused and the impact to your life. You deserve support in navigating the complexities of a product liability claim and that’s what a skilled lawyer can provide for you.
A product liability lawyer understands Nevada’s strict liability and negligence standards and will hold the manufacturer accountable. A defective product case puts you against a company with engineers, lawyers, and an insurer whose first move is to blame you for misusing the product. Adam S. Kutner spent his early career defending insurance companies, so our firm knows how corporate defense teams work product liability claims and how Nevada law tilts the field back toward the injured person.
The tilt is real: Nevada applies strict liability to defective products. You do not have to prove the manufacturer was careless or explain how the defect got into the product. You have to prove the defect existed, that it made the product unreasonably dangerous, and that it caused your injury. That is a very different fight from an ordinary negligence case, and it is winnable with the right evidence, starting with the product itself.
How We Handle Your Product Liability Claim
We handle a product liability claim in stages, and every case starts with a free consultation: we listen, look at the product and your injuries, and tell you honestly whether the facts support a claim. We accept product liability claims in Las Vegas and nationwide.
Secure the product
The failed product is the single most important piece of evidence. We preserve it, photograph it, and when needed, have experts examine exactly how it failed.
Identify the defect type
Manufacturing error, dangerous design, missing warning, or broken warranty. The theory determines the evidence, and more than one can apply.
Name every responsible company
Manufacturer, component maker, distributor, and retailer can all bear responsibility in the chain that put the product in your hands.
Prove the harm
Medical records, lost income, and the ongoing costs, built into a demand the defense cannot dismiss. Our guide on how we prepare a products liability case shows the full process.
No Fees Unless We Win Your Product Liability Case
You pay nothing upfront. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means our fee is a percentage of the recovery we win for you. If there is no recovery, you owe us no attorney fee.
What Are the Major Types of Product Defects?
Product liability claims come in four main types, and knowing which one fits your case shapes everything that follows:
Manufacturing defects
The design was fine; the production went wrong. Your product left the line different from the safe version, whether it was the only bad unit or one of thousands.
Design defects
The product was built exactly as designed, and the design itself was unreasonably dangerous when safer alternatives existed.
Failure to warn
The product carried hidden risks the seller knew about, and the warnings or instructions did not clearly tell you how to use it safely.
Breach of warranty
Every product carries an implied promise that it works for its intended purpose. A product that fails that promise and injures you breaks it.
Our guides on the types of product liability cases, failure-to-warn claims, and breach of warranty claims go deeper on each, and do you have a product liability case? is the quick self-check.
What To Do After a Defective Product Injury
What you do with the product in the first few days decides what your claim can prove:
- Get medical care first.
Treat the injury and create the record that ties it to the incident. Tell the provider exactly what happened with the product. - Keep the product. Do not fix it, return it, or throw it away.
The failed product is the case. Store it as it is, with the packaging, manuals, and receipts, if you have them. Losing the product is the single most damaging mistake in these claims. - Photograph everything.
Photograph the product, the failure point, the scene, and your injuries. Capture serial numbers, model numbers, and labels. - Write down the story.
Where you bought it, when, how you were using it, and what happened. Ordinary use matters: the defense will claim misuse, and your contemporaneous account answers it. - Check for a recall, but don’t stop there.
A recall supports your claim; the absence of one does not weaken it. Our guide on product recalls and injury claims explains how recalls interact with your case. - Talk to us before the manufacturer’s insurer calls.
Companies move fast when injuries surface. Our guide on retaining evidence in a products liability case covers the details, and the consultation is free.
How Much Is My Product Liability Case Worth?
What your product liability case is worth depends on your injuries, the strength of the evidence, and what the harm costs you over time. Compensation covers emergency and ongoing medical care, physical therapy, mental health treatment, prescriptions and medical equipment, lost income, help with the home or family care you can no longer provide, and pain and suffering. When a company knew about the danger and sold the product anyway, Nevada law allows punitive damages on top.
Defect cases also scale with the product’s reach: a failure that injured you has often injured others, and that pattern evidence strengthens every individual claim. We evaluate your claim for free against your records and the product itself.
What Damages Can I Recover From a Defective Product?
A product liability claim in Nevada can recover compensation for every way the defective product has harmed you:
- Medical expenses, including emergency care, surgery, physical therapy, and future treatment
- Lost wages and reduced earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Mental health treatment for trauma related to the injury
- Out-of-pocket costs, such as the defective product itself, replacement costs, and recall-related expenses
- Scarring, disfigurement, and permanent disability
When a company knew about the danger and sold the product anyway, Nevada law allows punitive damages. Product liability cases can also name multiple defendants, the manufacturer, the distributor, and the retailer, and each brings its own insurance coverage to the claim.
Who Is Responsible for a Defective Product in Nevada?
Responsibility for a defective product runs down the whole chain of commerce: the manufacturer who made it, the component maker whose part failed, the distributor who moved it, and the retailer who sold it to you. Nevada law lets an injured person pursue several of those companies in one case, and finding the deepest-pocketed, best-insured defendant in the chain is part of the lawyering. Our guide to understanding product liability in Nevada covers the framework in depth.
The same injury can also support a traditional negligence claim, alongside the strict liability theory, and food poisoning from a restaurant runs on its own version of these rules, covered in our guide to restaurant liability for food poisoning.
Nevada Product Liability Laws
Nevada product liability law is built on strict liability from the state’s court decisions, with these statutes shaping how claims work:
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Nevada Law |
What it says |
Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
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Statute of limitations |
You have two years from the injury to file a product liability lawsuit for personal injuries. |
The product, its packaging, and the purchase records are easiest to assemble early. The deadline is two years; the evidence window is now. |
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Comparative negligence |
You can recover if you were not more at fault than the defendants; your award is reduced by your share. |
“Misuse” is the standard product defense. Ordinary, foreseeable use, even imperfect use, is not misuse, and the defense has to prove otherwise. |
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Punitive damages |
Allows exemplary damages where the defendant acted with oppression, fraud, or malice. |
The product cases that anger juries, a company that knew and sold anyway, are the cases where punitive exposure changes settlement behavior. |
Have you suffered an injury due to a product defect?
Not sure whether the product that hurt you counts as defective? Call (702) 382-0000 and talk it through with us for free.
Why Work With Adam S. Kutner for Your Product Liability Case?
You have options when choosing a product liability lawyer in Las Vegas. Here is what sets our firm apart:
More than 35 years in Las Vegas
We have handled injury claims in the valley since 1988. We know the courts, the judges, and the defense attorneys on the other side of your case.
Former insurance defense attorney
Adam S. Kutner started his career defending insurance companies. He knows how adjusters evaluate claims, what tactics they use to reduce payouts, and what evidence changes the outcome.
Over 50,000 settlement checks issued
Our track record is measured in results for real clients, not advertising slogans.
No fees unless we win
The consultation is free, and we work on contingency. You pay nothing unless we recover compensation for you.
We answer day and night
Injuries do not happen on a schedule. Call (702) 382-0000 any time, and a real person will answer.
FAQ About Product Liability Cases in Las Vegas
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Premises Liability Resources and Related Claims
These guides cover how liability claims work:
Vehicle-equipment failures, like defective airbags, have their own page at airbag injuries, and every product case is part of our broader personal injury practice.
This article is for general information only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, talk to a qualified Nevada attorney.
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