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.
Rowe is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. It is located along Interstate 25 near the Pecos National Historical Park, at an elevation of 6,821 feet. Rowe is served by the Native American Preparatory School. Rowe was established for the purpose of providing labor for the Santa Fe Railroad in the late 1870's or early 1880's. The majority of the population came from Las Ruedas approximately 2 miles away on the Pecos River. A pipeline to provide water for steam engines was laid between Rowe and the now diminishing village of Las Ruedas.