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.
Jamestown is a town located in Newport County, Rhode Island, in the United States. The population was 5,622 at the 2000 census. Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island, the second largest island in Narragansett Bay.