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.
Side Lake is an unincorporated community in French Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located north of the cities of Chisholm and Hibbing on County Highway 5. McCarthy Beach State Park is nearby.