State Trooper Vs General Motors Product Liability Case

PRODUCT LIABILITY ON GENERAL MOTORS
Product liability is defined as a law in which the manufacturer or seller of a product can be held responsible for providing the customer with defective products that causes injury or undesirable side effects to the consumer. The manufacturer is responsible for the causes of defect or danger caused by the products they sell, hence the product must meet the ordinary expectations of the consumer.
There are three types of product liability claims:
1. Manufacturing defect: this type of claim is due to defect in manufacturing process or some error with the workmanship.
2. Design Defect: this claim is due to defective design and not due to the error or mishap in manufacturing process.
3. Failure to provide warning: the third type of product liability is due to failure to provide adequate warning or instructions about the product’s proper use. This usually involves product that is dangerous and which requires caution to be exercised when using it.
Case: Moyer v. General Motors

The State trooper was involved in pursuit of another vehicle when his squad car lost a hubcap. He obtained a replacement and tried to install, but during the process he injured himself. When he was trying to replace the hubcap, an air valve was wedged under the hubcap. While he tried to free the air valve, he sliced his finger to the bone on the razor sharp inner edge of the hubcap. This injury developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) which caused the bones and skin of his right hand to twist and wrap into a claw-like appendage. As a police officer is required to be physically fit and able to use both hands, Moyer has lost his