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.
Hill City is a city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 479 at the 2000 census. U.S. Route 169 and Minnesota State Highway 200 are two of the main arterial routes in the community.