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When you’ve been injured by a dangerous or defective product, you need more than just legal representation—you need a battle-tested sword and shield fighting for your rights.
has been maximizing client settlements and delivering justice since 1936, establishing our firm as one of Michigan’s leading personal injury law firms. With over 80 years of experience taking on major manufacturers and corporations, we’ve recovered millions of dollars for clients injured by defective products. From faulty medical devices to dangerous consumer goods, our Michigan product liability lawyers bring the same dedication and expertise to every case we handle. With additional offices serving clients in Indiana and New Mexico, we understand that when a product fails, it can change your life in an instant.
Why You Need a Michigan Product Liability Lawyer After an Injury
The aftermath of a product-related injury can turn your life upside down. Medical bills pile up, manufacturers deny responsibility, and you’re left wondering how a product you trusted could cause so much harm.
Navigating Complex Legal Claims
Understanding Insurance Company Tactics
Understanding Statute of Limitations
Navigating Complex
Legal Claims
Product liability cases are fundamentally different from typical personal injury claims. These cases involve complex questions about manufacturing defects, design flaws, and failure to warn consumers. You’re not just going up against an individual—you’re taking on corporations with unlimited resources and experienced legal teams whose entire job is to deny your claim. Without proper legal representation, you risk accepting inadequate compensation or having your claim dismissed on technical grounds.
Understanding Insurance Company Tactics
Major manufacturers have legal departments specifically designed to minimize liability and protect corporate profits. They’ll hire expert witnesses to dispute your claims, argue that you misused the product, or claim your injuries came from something else entirely. At Keller & Keller, we’ve seen every defense tactic in the corporate playbook. Our product liability lawyers have decades of experience dealing with major corporations and their insurance carriers, and we know exactly how to counter their strategies to protect your interests.
Understanding Statute of Limitations
Time is critical after a product-related injury. Michigan has strict deadlines for filing product liability claims—typically three years from the date of injury. Missing these deadlines means forfeiting your right to compensation permanently. Our attorneys ensure all paperwork is filed correctly and on time, preserving your right to seek the justice and compensation you deserve.
What to Do After a Product Injury in Michigan
Taking the right steps after being injured by a defective product can protect both your health and your legal claim.
See What Your Case Is WorthGet treatment and create documentation linking your injuries to the product.
Do not throw away, repair, or alter the defective product—it’s crucial evidence.
Save all boxes, labels, manuals, and warning materials.
Photograph your injuries and the product from multiple angles.
Save purchase receipts and any warranty information.
File reports with appropriate agencies like the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Collect contact information from anyone who saw the incident.
Keep all documentation of treatment and ongoing care.
Early legal representation helps preserve evidence, identify all responsible parties, and prevent manufacturer tactics.
The Keller & Keller Approach:
Michigan Lawyers Who Fight to Win
From the moment you contact us, you’ll notice the difference in our approach. Our client-first philosophy means we take the time to understand not just the details of your accident but how it has affected your life, your work, your family, and your future in Michigan. We clearly communicate every step of the process in plain language you can understand—no confusing legal jargon. This approach has earned us countless 5-star reviews from real Michigan clients who’ve experienced the Keller & Keller difference firsthand.
We understand that being injured in an accident is stressful enough without having to chase down your lawyer for updates. That’s why we’ve built our practice around transparent, consistent communication.
When you hire us, you’ll have direct access to the Michigan-based attorney handling your case as well as a dedicated paralegal who monitors its daily status. We keep you informed throughout every stage of your claim, explaining what’s happening, what to expect next, and how it affects your case.
Our 80+ years of experience isn’t just about longevity—it’s about results. Our attorneys have successfully handled thousands of cases in Michigan and recovered thousands of millions of dollars for our clients. We’ve gone toe-to-toe with the biggest insurance companies and won. Our courtroom experience means we’re always prepared to take your case to trial if that’s what it takes to secure fair compensation. This willingness to fight—and our track record of success—often motivates insurance companies to offer better settlements to avoid facing us in court.
The Product Liability Claim Process with Keller & Keller
When you choose our firm to handle your Michigan product liability claim, you can expect a clear, structured process designed to maximize your compensation while minimizing your stress.
Types of Product Liability Cases We Handle
Our extensive experience covers all types of defective product cases, each with unique challenges and considerations.
The Hard Truth
Product Liability Statistics That Demand Action
When we talk about defective products, we’re addressing a crisis that affects millions of American consumers every year. As your advocates in the fight for justice, Keller & Keller believes you deserve to know the sobering facts behind our mission.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were an estimated 50,900 deaths in 2019 from injuries related to consumer products. These aren’t just numbers—they represent families devastated by products they trusted. From exploding electronics to defective medical devices to faulty vehicle parts, defective products turn everyday activities into life-threatening situations.
This is a 25% increase from the previous year and the highest level in over a decade. Class I recalls (the most serious type that could cause serious injury or death) accounted for 114 of these cases. Despite these alarming numbers, countless victims never receive fair compensation because they don’t understand their rights or face intimidation from corporate legal teams.
Between 1991 and 2021, pharmaceutical manufacturers paid $62.3 billion in settlements and legal judgments across 482 cases for violations, including off-label promotion, kickbacks to physicians, and failure to disclose safety data. Despite these massive penalties, corporations continue prioritizing profits over safety, making experienced product liability lawyers essential for holding them accountable.
Leading Causes of Defective Product Injuries
Understanding what makes a product defective helps us build stronger cases and hold manufacturers accountable.
Product Liability Injuries We Represent
Defective products cause a wide range of injuries, from relatively minor to catastrophic. Understanding these injuries and their long-term impact is vital for your claim.
Compensation Available for Michigan Product Liability Victims
If you’ve been injured by a defective product due to a manufacturer’s negligence, you may be entitled to various types of compensation.
Economic Damages
These are quantifiable financial losses, including:
- Medical expenses (past, current, and future)
- Lost wages and reduced earning capacity
- Cost of the defective product
- Rehabilitation and therapy costs
- Home modification expenses
- In-home care costs
- Future medical procedures and treatments
Non-Economic Damages
These more subjective damages compensate for:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Disfigurement and scarring
- Loss of consortium (impact on marital relationship)
- Mental anguish from product failure
Wrongful Death Damages
When defective products result in fatalities, surviving family members may recover compensation for funeral expenses, loss of financial support, loss of companionship, and the pain and suffering of their loved one before death.
Threshold for Pain and Suffering
Michigan’s threshold for pain and suffering compensation is among the most stringent nationwide. To recover non-economic damages through a third-party claim against an at-fault driver, victims must have suffered death, permanent serious disfigurement, or serious impairment of body function. This last category requires proving an “objectively manifested impairment of an important body function that affects the person’s general ability to lead their normal life.
How Keller & Keller Investigates Michigan Product Liability Cases
Our meticulous approach to evidence gathering builds the strongest possible foundation for your claim:
Setting the Michigan Standard:
Cutting-Edge Investigation Technology
While other law firms rely on outdated methods, Keller & Keller leverages cutting-edge technology to build stronger cases and win bigger settlements for our Michigan product liability clients.
Professional drone documentation
Captures accident scenes from angles impossible with traditional methods, providing comprehensive evidence of how product failures occurred in real-world settings.
Advanced voice-over-IP networks
Enables real-time collaboration between attorneys, investigators, and expert witnesses across multiple states, ensuring no detail is overlooked.
3D product modeling
Our experts create detailed digital models of defective products to demonstrate design flaws and manufacturing defects to juries.
Cloud-based case management
Provides you 24/7 access to your case information and status updates through secure client portals.
Advanced evidence preservation
We use specialized equipment to preserve electronic data, product components, and physical evidence that proves manufacturer negligence.
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What Sets Keller & Keller Apart
With so many law firms advertising their services, why choose Keller & Keller? The differences are clear.
Zero Fee Guarantee
We believe everyone deserves quality legal representation, regardless of their financial situation. That’s why we work on a contingency basis—you pay absolutely nothing unless and until we win your case. No upfront costs, no hidden fees, no financial risk to you.
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We’ll evaluate your case honestly and explain your options in plain English. We’ll come to you—whether you’re at home, in the hospital, or wherever is convenient.
We Fight
Our experienced team fights to investigate thoroughly, deal with insurance companies, and handle all the legal complexities while you focus on getting better.
You Recover
Focus on healing while we handle the rest. We’ll fight for you like we’d fight for our own family, because that’s exactly how we see you.
Zero Fee Guarantee
We believe everyone deserves quality legal representation, regardless of their financial situation. That’s why we work on a contingency basis—you pay absolutely nothing unless and until we win your case. No upfront costs, no hidden fees, no financial risk to you.
The Keller Tradition
Nearly Nine Decades of Legal Excellence in Michigan
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