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Brooklyn Product Liability Lawyers

Over $350 million recovered since 1957. Our Kew Gardens office is a short drive from Kings County, and we appear in the Brooklyn courts regularly.

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Product Liability cases in Brooklyn

Brooklyn product cases run from the workshop to the apartment: unguarded machinery and power tools in the borough's small manufacturing shops, commercial kitchen and food-processing equipment, defective ladders and scaffolds, and lithium-ion battery fires from e-bikes and scooters charged in apartments and delivery depots, which the Fire Department has treated as one of the city's most serious emerging hazards.

New York allows claims for a manufacturing defect, a design defect where a safer alternative was feasible, and a failure to warn, and liability runs down the entire chain — manufacturer, distributor and retailer. Everything depends on the object surviving: keep it, do not let a landlord, employer or leasing company take it away for inspection, and photograph the labels and serial number before anyone touches it.

What the law requires

New York allows three routes against the maker or seller of a product that injured someone: a manufacturing defect, where the item left the line different from its design; a design defect, where the product as designed was not reasonably safe and a safer alternative was feasible; and a failure to warn of a danger the maker knew or should have known about.

The deadline to know

The clock is three years from the injury, and a wrongful death claim from a defective product runs on its own two-year period from the date of death.

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Liability runs down the whole chain of distribution —

manufacturer, distributor and retailer — so a claim does not fail because an importer is unreachable.

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These cases live or die on the product itself.

Do not return it, repair it or throw it out: the item, its packaging, the manual and the receipt are the evidence, and the same duty to preserve runs against the other side once they are on notice.

Verdicts and settlements

Recoveries obtained by this firm

  • $7,500,000

    Verdict for wrongful death, against landlord, caused by fire that spread through apartment that was without smoke detectors.

  • $1,105,000

    For a machine operator that got his arm caught in a recycling machine causing multiple fractures which required surgery.

  • $350,000

    For client who sustained partial amputation of his foot after having stepped into path of a lawnmower.

All results

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and the result in any case depends on its own facts.

Why clients call us

What you get from this firm

  • A partner works on your case directly — you are not handed to an associate
  • A firm that has handled product liability cases in Brooklyn since 1957
  • Free consultation, and you pay nothing unless we win
  • Home and hospital visits if you cannot travel
  • Cases handled in English and Spanish
  • Open 24 hours — call when it happens, not when the office opens

Questions about product liability cases in Brooklyn

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Which court would my case be in?
Brooklyn cases are filed in the Kings County Supreme Court at 360 Adams Street. Claims against the City, the Transit Authority, NYCHA or a public hospital require a Notice of Claim within 90 days.
What does it cost to hire you?
Nothing up front. The consultation is free and the fee comes out of the recovery. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee.
How soon should I call?
As soon as you can. Deadlines aside, the evidence in these cases has a short life — camera footage is overwritten, vehicles are repaired, sites are cleaned up and records age out. Early work is what makes the difference.

In their words

What our clients say

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No complaints at all. Everything went according to what they said and I’m thankful for their representation.
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If there was more than 5 stars Seth Fields and his associates would get them all. Mr. FIelds went to trial with a jury in Suffolk Cty Riverhead Supreme Ct & won w/ a verdict in minutes for 100% Liability. The defense worked with Mr. FIelds in a settlement before the damages trial began. I would stop here searching any further & contact Seth Fields if you want a Smart, Attainable for your questions, concerns, Empathetic to your needs but a Bull Dog with your case, then you found your attorney.I can’t thank you enough for all your long hours, weekends, holidays that you put into 7 yrs of all my medical, motions, hearings & trial etc. WE WON! You did it and obtained a large settlement that I couldn’t be more happy after this long tough journey. I would refer everyone to you that has a case that needs fighting for. 🙏
Kristen Parker
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The most amazing, professional and knowledgeable with great communicators with injury law, and I highly recommend that there is no reason for second and third opinions on procuring a law firm with their experience and know how. They are second to none. My time was precious, and they respected every minute of it. Thank you!
Robert Hendy

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