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.
Leeds is a hamlet in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 369 at the 2000 census. Leeds is located near the north town line of the Town of Catskill. The community is located north of Route 23 and west of the New York State Thruway and is northwest of the Village of Catskill.