Editing Product liability (section)

{{Short description|Area of law in which product manufacturers are held responsible for damages caused}}
{{Tort law}}

'''Product liability''' is the area of [[law]] in which [[Manufacturing|manufacturers]], [[Distribution (marketing)|distributors]], suppliers, [[retail]]ers, and others who make [[Product (business)|product]]s available to the public are [[Legal liability|held responsible]] for the injuries those products cause. Although the word "product" has broad connotations, product liability as an area of law is traditionally limited to products in the form of [[Tangibility|tangible]] personal [[property]].<ref>Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability, § 19.</ref>