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.
Varney is a small unincorporated area just outside of the town of Delbarton in Mingo County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The North Matewan Church of Christ is the closest place of worship for the area.