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.
Orange Cove is a small town in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 7,722 at the 2000 census. Almost all of Orange Cove's residents are Hispanic, many of whom are farmers. Orange Cove is located 8 miles (13 km) east-southeast of Reedley, at an elevation of 423 feet (129 m).