Design defect
Definition
A flaw present in every unit of a product because the product category itself was conceived in a way that made it unreasonably dangerous, not because any individual unit was made incorrectly.
Related terms
- Consumer Expectation Test
- A design-defect test asking whether the product failed to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would expect when used in an...
- Failure to warn
- A claim that the manufacturer failed to provide adequate instructions or warnings about a non-obvious risk, such that a user could not...
- Foreseeable misuse
- A use of a product that the manufacturer could reasonably predict, even though it differs from the intended purpose. Courts may hold...
- Manufacturing defect
- A deviation in a specific production unit from the manufacturer's approved design specification, occurring during manufacturing, assembly, or handling before sale. The...
- Risk-Utility Test
- A design-defect test that weighs the probability and severity of harm, the burden of adopting a safer alternative design, and the utility...
Explained in
- Product Liability Engineering FrameworkA flaw present in every unit of a product because the product category itself was conceived in a way that made it unreasonably dangerous, not because any indiv...