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.
Elkins Park is an unincorporated community, portions of which are located in both Cheltenham Township and Abington Township in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (roughly 6 miles or a 20 minute drive from Center City, Philadelphia).