The Restatement (Third) creates three categories of product defects:<\/p>\n
1. Manufacturing Defects<\/p>\n
2. Design Defects<\/p>\n
3. Inadequate Instructions or Warning<\/p>\n
Manufacturing Defects<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A manufacturing defect exists when the product departs from its intended design <\/strong>even though all possible care was exercised in the preparation and marketing of the product.<\/p>\n Design Defects<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A design defect exists when the foreseeable risks of harm posed by the product could have been reduced or avoided by the adoption of a reasonable alternative design<\/strong>, by the seller or distributor, <\/strong>and the omission of the alternative design renders the product not reasonably safe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Inadequate Instructions or Warning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n An inadequate instruction or warning exists when the foreseeable risks of harm posed by the product could have been reduced or avoided by the provision of reasonable instructions or warnings<\/strong> by the seller or distributor and the omission of the instructions or warnings renders the product not reasonably safe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Restatement (Third) creates three categories of product defects: 1. Manufacturing Defects 2. Design Defects 3. Inadequate Instructions or Warning Manufacturing Defects A manufacturing defect exists when the product departs from its intended design even though all possible care was exercised in the preparation and marketing of the product. Design Defects A design defect exists … <\/p>\n