Product Liability

Shreveport Product Liability Attorneys

At Weems, Schimpf, Gilsoul, Haines, Landry & Carmouche (APLC), our lawyers are concerned with helping people who were injured by defective products and dangerous automobile defects. We help consumers hold manufacturers responsible for negligence in design, manufacturing, or safety warnings.

If you were hurt by a dangerous or defective product or were injured when your car did not protect you in an accident, contact our products liability attorneys for a free consultation.

All defective product lawsuits in Louisiana are governed by the Louisiana Product Liability Act. Under this statute, there are three types of product defects that are actionable in these types of personal injury lawsuits:

• Manufacturing defect. If the manufacturer failed to do something it normally would do in the manufacturing of that product, the manufacturer is liable. For example, if the manufacturer failed to tighten bolts and this caused the product to fail and caused your injury, you could sue the manufacturer.
• Design defect. If another product design existed that would have prevented your injury, and if the cost of using this other design was less than the risk of someone getting injured, the company that designed the product is liable. For example, auto defects may result in roof crush injuries or gas tanks that explode during minor collisions and may involve auto recalls.
• Failure to warn. If the company knows the product has a dangerous quality, but failed to warn you about it, the company is liable. These types of failures can include missing safety shields on construction equipment and failure to include a safety warning on the product itself.

If you are injured by a defective product in Louisiana, you need a law firm with the financial resources to hire the best experts to prove your case under the limitations of Louisiana's Product Liability Act. Our lawyers will carefully evaluate your product injury case and, if we believe in it, invest the money that is necessary to help you get full compensation and damages.

We handle cases involving serious injuries caused by defective auto components such as air bags, seat belts, door locks, roof pillar design, brakes, and Michelin tires. We also handle cases involving negligence in creating consumer products such as saws, lawnmowers, child car seats, and toys, as well as defective manufacturing equipment. In some of these cases, manufacturers had issued a recall because they knew the product was unsafe.

Free initial consultation: Contact a product liability attorney at Weems, Schimpf, Gilsoul, Haines, Landry & Carmouche (APLC). No attorney fees unless we collect compensation for you.

Our personal injury lawyers represent clients in northwest Louisiana, including Shreveport, Bossier City, Benton, Minden, Mansfield, Many, Coushatta, Ruston, Natchitoches, Monroe, Homer, Arcadia, Jonesboro, Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, DeSoto Parish, Sabine Parish, Red River Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Claiborne Parish, Bienville Parish, and Jackson Parish.