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.
Phoenicia is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census. Phoenicia is located in northeast part of Town of Shandaken on Route 28. It is the largest community in the town. The village is located on Route 28, right at the junction with Route 214 and is next to Esopus Creek.