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.
Kettle River is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States, along the Kettle River for which it was named. The population was 168 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated in 1921. Minnesota State Highway 73 serves as a main arterial route in the community.