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.
North Bend is a city in Coos County, Oregon, in the United States. North Bend's estimated population is 9,855 (as of 2010). The city is surrounded on three sides by Coos Bay and borders the city of Coos Bay, Oregon to the south. North Bend is also the seat of the Coquille Indian Tribe's tribal government, which is a United States recognized sovereign tribe.