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.
Monongahela is a Third Class City in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, located approximately 17 miles south of the city proper. The population was 4,761 at the 2000 census. In 1940, the population of Monongahela was 9,823, in 1950, 10,387, in 1960, 12,948, in 1970, 11,726, in 1980, 8,590, and in 1990. One of only two cities in Washington County, and the second smallest city in Pennsylvania, Monongahela sits at the intersection of Pennsylvania state routes 136, 88, and 837, all of which constitute the city's Main Street.