About the division
The personal injury division of The H Law Group
This is the personal injury division of The H Law Group, and defective products are its concentration. We represent people who were hurt by something they had every reason to trust: a vehicle component, a medical device, a prescription drug, a battery, an ordinary consumer product. We also handle the full range of serious injury claims across California, from 6 offices statewide.
Find an office near you, or read how compensation is calculated in an injury claim.
Our focus
Why product liability sits at the center of our practice
Most injury claims turn on what a person did. Product cases turn on what a company built. California law recognizes that difference: a manufacturer that puts a defective product into the stream of commerce can be held strictly liable for the harm it causes, whether or not the company was careless. The question is the product, not the injured person’s conduct.
That is why this division is organized the way it is. A general injury practice treats a defective part as one more fact in a collision file. We treat it as the claim, which changes who gets sued, what has to be preserved in the first week, and which experts are retained.
That shift changes how a case has to be prepared. The product must be preserved before it is repaired, discarded or returned. Recall notices, service bulletins, adverse-event filings and internal testing records have to be pulled. Engineers, physicians and industry specialists have to be able to explain, in terms a jury will accept, exactly how a design choice or a production error made an ordinary product dangerous.
We also see how often the two worlds overlap. A rollover crash can involve both a distracted driver and a roof that collapsed. A fire can involve both a landlord and a battery pack that went into thermal runaway. Handling both practice areas under one roof means the defective-product theory is not missed while the obvious claim is being pursued.
What we do
How we build a case
These are the capabilities we bring to a claim. What any individual case is worth, and how it resolves, depends entirely on its own facts.
Product defect investigation
We preserve the product itself, secure purchase and service records, pull recall history and adverse-event reports, and work with engineers who can explain how the design or the manufacturing process failed.
Strict liability claims
Product cases do not require proving carelessness. We build claims around manufacturing defects, design defects and failure to warn, so the focus stays on the product rather than on the injured person.
Corporate and supply-chain accountability
A single defective component can involve a manufacturer, a component supplier, an assembler, a distributor and a retailer. We identify every entity in the chain of distribution that can be held responsible.
Full personal injury practice
Vehicle collisions, rideshare crashes, premises hazards, dog bites and wrongful death claims are handled by the same team, which matters when an injury involves both a negligent driver and a defective part.
Medical and damages documentation
We organize treatment records, billing, wage loss and the long-term care picture so the full cost of an injury is documented rather than estimated.
Litigation readiness
Cases are prepared from the outset as though they will be tried. Manufacturers respond differently to a claim that is documented, deadline-aware and ready to be filed.
Working with us
What to expect
The first conversation is a free case evaluation. You describe what happened, we tell you whether there is a claim worth investigating, and you decide what to do next. There is no obligation and no charge for that conversation.
No fee unless we recover compensation for you. In some matters a client may still be responsible for case costs and expenses, and we will explain exactly how that works before you decide to hire us.
Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. That relationship begins only if we both sign a written representation agreement.
Serving all of California
We accept cases throughout California and keep offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Temecula, San Jose, Irvine and Santa Barbara. Consultations are also handled by phone and video, so you do not have to travel while you are recovering.
English and Spanish
Hablamos Español. You can describe what happened in the language you are most comfortable using.
Deadlines are real
California generally allows two years from the date of injury to file a personal injury or product liability lawsuit, and shorter deadlines apply to claims against government entities. Exceptions apply in both directions, so the sooner we look at your case, the more options remain.
Product liability
The defective-product cases we handle
- Defective Auto Parts
- Defective Medical Devices
- Dangerous Drugs
- Defective Consumer Products
- Lithium Battery Fires and Explosions
- Dangerous Children’s Products
- Industrial Machinery and Equipment
- Toxic and Chemical Exposure
- Defective Tires
- Ladder and Power Tool Defects
- Appliance and Electrical Fires
- Recalled Food and Supplements
Find out where you stand, at no cost
A conversation costs you nothing and there is no obligation. No fee unless we recover compensation for you. In some matters a client may still be responsible for case costs and expenses, and we will explain exactly how that works before you decide to hire us.