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.
Teays is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is named for the Teays Valley which was in turn named for Thomas Teays, a hunter and trapper who once spent a considerable amount of time in the vicinity. It is apparently the only place in the United States with this name. Until about 1884, the town's name was written "Seays". The town is centered around the former railroad depot on Teays Lane. The ZIP code is 25569. It is part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley.