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.
Kurten is a town located along U.S. Highway 190 in Brazos County, Texas. According to a 2008 U.S. census estimate, its population is 232. It is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area. Kurten was incorporated in 2000.