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.
Gobles is a city in Van Buren County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 815. It was originally called Gobleville, named after its founder Hiram Goble. The popular Kal-Haven Trail, which runs from Kalamazoo to South Haven, goes through the city's business district. It is also home to Timber Ridge Ski Area.