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.
Harrisonville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and Pennsylvania Route 655 in Licking Creek Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was named after William Henry Harrison. Located as a stopping point along the Lincoln Highway, a small country store is still serves travelers today. In the 1850's it had two stores, a schoolhouse, one hotel, a blacksmith shop, and seven residents.