Here is what we plaintiff lawyers like about products liability.  First, as you may recall from law school, products liability is strict liability, not negligence. Generally speaking, the “reasonableness” of the manufacturer’s conduct is not at issue, with some caveats noted within. Liability attaches upon proof of the product "defect" and a sufficient causal connection between defendant, the product and plaintiff's injury. [See Romine v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (2014) 224 Cal.App.4th 990, 1000 – “In order for there to be strict liability, the product does not have to be unreasonably dangerous-just defective.”]