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.
Hydesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Humboldt County, California, United States. Hydesville is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 364 feet (111 m). The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census.