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.
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina, United States, and the fourth largest city in the state. The 2008 population estimate was 67,339 residents. Rock Hill is located at 34°56′17″N 81°1′34″W / 34.93806°N 81.02611°W / 34.93806; -81.02611, approximately 15 miles south of Charlotte, North Carolina and approximately 70 miles north of Columbia.