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.
Kingsburg (formerly, Kings River Switch, Drapersville, Kingsburgh and Wheatville) is a town in Fresno County, California. Kingsburg is located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Selma, at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m).