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If some motor vehicle fails to perform as expected, that failure might highlight the existence of some defect. Obviously, no such vehicle gets designed and manufactured overnight. Hence, the source of a defect might be found in any one of three locations. Based on the existence of those 3 locations, the legal system has created two different categories for the defects that exist in motor vehicles.
Types of vehicle defects
A defective feature that gets introduced during the manufacturing process: It could be that a worker failed to install a part correctly. Alternatively, it could be that a supplier of components had failed to note the presence of a defective part in a recent shipment, one that had made its way to that one particular manufacturing plant.
The presence of a dangerous design: Sometimes a car, truck, van or SUV with a dangerous design might remain on the market for quite some time, before the reason for the vehicle’s strange response to the driver’s commands can be explained. Both design defects and feature defects could result in pitting a small group of consumers against a large company. During a trial, that same company could hire a whole team of lawyers.
The plaintiff needs to identify all of the possible defendants
A long line of events has taken place before any vehicle rolls off out of the door of the manufacturing plant. That line starts with the creation of the vehicle’s design. At various points a few shorter lines feed into that main one. Those are the lines that represent the procedures used to make the various components.
Each point where some event takes place, some defect could have been introduced. The men and women that oversee the operation at such a point belong on a list of potential defendants. Keep in mind, too, that each part contains all sorts of substances. Addition of the wrong chemical ingredient could have made it impossible for the maker of a given substance to create a suitable mix. As a result, the maker of that same mix becomes a possible defendant.
Once a product has left a manufacturing facility, it could get damaged during shipping or following arrival at a retailer’s establishment. In the case of a defect in a vehicle, that establishment would be either a dealership or a store or website operated by an automotive supplier.
If an ordered component must be shipped to a waiting customer, then a problem might arise during the shipping process. Such an occurrence would add to the number of names that could be placed on the list of possible defendants. Yet none of them could be held responsible for a defect, until a plaintiff had identified one or more of them. A Injury Lawyer in Brantford will be able to help you with it.