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.
Eastport is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 1,454 at the 2000 census. Eastport straddles the borders of the Towns of Brookhaven and Southampton. Eastport is located within the Eastport-South Manor Central School District.