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.
Paoli is a census-designated place located in Chester County, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. It is situated in portions of two townships: Tredyffrin and Willistown. As of the 2000 census, it had a total population of 5,425. Residents of Paoli are known as Paolians or Paolites.