Products liability doctrine holds a manufacturer, or other party involved in selling a product, strictly liable when an article, placed into the market with knowledge that it is to be used without inspection for defects, proves to have a defect that causes a personal injury. Consumers who are injured because of a fault with a product that the consumers had no ability to protect themselves against may recover against the manufacturer under a theory of products liability.
Brookdale is an unincorporated town located in Santa Cruz County, California. It is located in the San Lorenzo Valley between Boulder Creek and Ben Lomond on Highway 9. It has a population of about 1,000.