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.
Panola is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 296 in 2000. Panola is located at 32°21′29″N 94°05′29″W / 32.35806°N 94.09139°W / 32.35806; -94.09139 (32.3579347, -94.0912991). It is situated at the junction of U.S. Highway 79 and FM 9 in northeastern Panola County, approximately 20 miles northeast of Carthage. Although it is unincorporated, Panola has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75685..