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.
Winterthur (also Winterthrup) is an unincorporated community in northern New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It lies at the intersection of Delaware Routes 92 and 100, north of the city of Wilmington, the county seat of New Castle County. Its elevation is 269 feet (82 m), and it is located at 39°48′10″N 75°35′30″W / 39.80278°N 75.59167°W / 39.80278; -75.59167 (39.8028897, -75.5915934). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 19735. The community takes its name from the Winterthur Museum and Country Estate.