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.
Etna (formerly Miller's Settlement and Columbia) is an unincorporated community in Tompkins County, New York. It lies at an elevation of 1020 feet (311 m).