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.
Thorpe is a neighborhood of Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Thorpe was once an independent community and was incorporated into Gary in 1971. Thorpe has its own post office with ZIP code 24888.