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.
Aquebogue is a census-designated place (CDP) roughly corresponding to the hamlet (unincorporated community) by the same name in the town of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The CDP's population was 2,254 at the 2000 census. Aquebogue is part of Long Island's North Fork wine region and is home to such wineries as Paumanouk Vineyards.