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.
Litchfield is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California. It is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Susanville, at an elevation of 4065 feet (1239 m). The first post office at Litchfield opened in 1914, and moved in 1941. The name honors pioneer Thomas Litch.