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.
River Pines is an unincorporated community in Amador County, California. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Fiddletown, at an elevation of 1985 feet. A post office opened at River Pines in 1948; it has the zip code of 95675.