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.
Ashville is a hamlet near the junction of NY 474 and NY 394, on the line between the towns of North Harmony and Busti in Chautauqua County, New York. It is the location of the Smith Bly House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.