Houston Product Liability Lawyer
Defective products injure thousands of Houstonians every year. When a manufacturer puts a dangerous product on the market, Sara Roque holds them accountable for the full cost of your injuries.
Defective auto parts
Faulty airbags (Takata), brake failures, tire defects, and acceleration problems. Sara pursues auto manufacturers and parts suppliers for vehicle defects.
Defective tools & equipment
Power tools, construction equipment, and industrial machinery with design or manufacturing defects. Sara holds manufacturers accountable for worker injuries.
Dangerous drugs & devices
Pharmaceutical defects, inadequate warning labels, and dangerous medical devices. Sara evaluates mass tort participation and individual claims.
Defective children’s products
Toys, car seats, cribs, and baby products with hidden hazards. Child injury product liability cases command significant compensation for permanent harm.
Defective home products
Appliances, furniture, and home products causing fires, electrocution, or injuries. Sara investigates design defects, manufacturing defects, and warning failures.
Failure to warn
Products that are properly made but inadequately labeled for known dangers. Sara pursues manufacturers who knew about risks and failed to warn consumers.
THREE TYPES OF DEFECT
How Sara Proves a Product Defect
Design defect
The entire product line is dangerous by design — even perfectly manufactured, it’s unsafe. Sara’s experts propose safer alternative designs to prove defectiveness.
Manufacturing defect
The design is fine but this particular product was made incorrectly. Sara traces the defect through the supply chain to the responsible manufacturer or component supplier.
Marketing defect (failure to warn)
The product is dangerous in a way that wasn’t communicated. Sara proves the manufacturer knew about the risk and failed to warn users adequately.
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Preserve the product
Do NOT throw away, repair, or alter the defective product. Sara files preservation orders immediately to prevent destruction of evidence.
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Secure all documents
Purchase receipts, instruction manuals, warranties, and recall notices. Sara subpoenas manufacturer records, quality control data, and complaint files.
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Retain engineering experts
Sara works with product engineers and industry experts to establish the defect and demonstrate safer design alternatives.
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Document all damages
Medical records, lost wages, and property damage. Sara builds the full damage picture including future care and quality of life impacts.
No attorney fees until we win. If we don’t win, you pay nothing.
Frequently Asked Questions
In Texas, product liability is a strict liability theory — you don’t need to prove negligence. You prove the product was defective and the defect caused your injury. Fault is presumed from the defect.
Modifications that caused the accident can reduce or eliminate your recovery. Modifications unrelated to the defect that caused the injury generally don’t affect your claim.
Yes — a recall actually helps prove the manufacturer knew about the defect. Sara pursues claims even when a recall was issued, especially if it was inadequate or you weren’t notified.
Product liability claims can still exist for used products. The chain of liability depends on who knew about the defect. Sara traces the product’s history to identify responsible parties.
Sara evaluates whether your injuries are best pursued individually (for maximum recovery) or through a mass tort/class action. Individual claims often yield higher compensation for serious injuries.
Foreign manufacturers can be sued in Texas courts if they sold products into the U.S. market. Domestic distributors and retailers also face liability for importing and selling defective foreign products.
Expert testimony connecting the defect to the injury is typically required. Sara retains causation experts in engineering, medicine, and product safety who can testify to the connection.
Medical bills, future care, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering, disfigurement, and in cases of gross misconduct, punitive damages. Sara pursues the full range.
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