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.
Lee Vining (formerly, Leevining, Poverty Flat, and Lakeview) is an unincorporated community in Mono County, California, United States. It is located 21 miles (34 km) south-southeast of Bridgeport, at an elevation of 6781 feet (2067 m). Lee Vining is located on the southwest shore of Mono Lake. According to the Mono County's government website, the population as of 2000 was 250. At the previous census (1990) the town population was 398, and at the census before that (1980) it was 315.