Defective product attorneys who stand with you.
You trusted a product to work safely. When it failed—whether it was a car component, medical device, power tool, children's toy, household appliance, electronic device, construction equipment, or recreational vehicle—you paid a price you should never have had to pay.
At Gold & Gold, P.A., we take on the manufacturers and insurers who have every incentive to hide what they knew and when they knew it. For more than forty years, our trial team has pursued product liability cases with the engineering experts, medical specialists, and courtroom discipline to hold these companies accountable.
You should not navigate a product liability case alone. These defendants are sophisticated and well-funded. We match them, and we take your case on contingency, so you owe nothing unless we win.
Why legal support matters against a manufacturer.
Product manufacturers retain experienced defense teams the moment a claim surfaces. Having a trial attorney in your corner from the start means someone is doing this work on your behalf:
Preserving the defective product and all related documentation
Identifying every party in the supply chain, manufacturer, distributor, retailer
Retaining engineering and safety experts to establish the defect
Investigating prior complaints, recalls, and internal safety reports
Evaluating all theories: design defect, manufacturing defect, and failure to warn
Taking the case to trial when a fair settlement is refused
You do not have to prove negligence, only that it was defective.
The defect is the case.
Under Florida strict liability law, a plaintiff does not need to show that a manufacturer was careless, only that the product was defective and caused the injury. This is a powerful doctrine: it removes the manufacturer's ability to hide behind claims of reasonable care. If the design was unreasonably dangerous, if a production error made your unit unsafe, or if adequate warnings were never given, the manufacturer may be held liable. Our attorneys know how to frame all three theories, and how to plead them together when the facts support it.
Three theories of liability, one injured person.
Most product liability cases rest on at least one of three defect theories. Our attorneys evaluate all of them at intake.
A design defect exists when the product is dangerous as conceived, every unit off the line is unreasonably unsafe because the engineer got it wrong. Classic examples include vehicle rollover susceptibility, pharmaceutical compounds with undisclosed interaction risks, and power tools without adequate guards.
A manufacturing defect means the design was sound but something went wrong in production, a contaminated batch, a misaligned component, a weld that did not hold. Only some units are affected, but the one that reached you was the dangerous one.
Failure to warn applies when a product carries risks a reasonable user would not anticipate, and the manufacturer either omitted the warning entirely or buried it where no one would read it. Drug manufacturers, chemical producers, and heavy-equipment makers face this theory most often, but it applies wherever a hazard was foreseeable and the label stayed silent.
The success of your case starts with a thorough investigation.
Product liability cases require early, deliberate action; evidence spoils, products are replaced, and internal records get destroyed on routine schedules. We move immediately:
Preserving the product
The defective item, and its packaging, instructions, and any lot or serial number, is the cornerstone of the case. We secure it before it is discarded, repaired, or altered by any party.
Retaining engineering and safety experts
We work with materials engineers, biomechanical specialists, and industry-standard experts to identify the precise defect and rule out alternative causes the defense will argue.
Investigating the manufacturer's knowledge
Prior consumer complaints, CPSC recall filings, internal safety memoranda, and litigation history, the paper trail that shows the company knew and said nothing.
Building the full damages picture
From emergency care through lifetime rehabilitation, lost earning capacity, and, where the conduct warrants it, punitive damages for reckless disregard of known hazards.
Depending on your injuries, your claim may include.
- Medical expenses, current and future
- Lost wages and diminished earning capacity
- Rehabilitation and long-term care costs
- Property damage caused by the defective product
- Wrongful death expenses in fatal cases
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional trauma and distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium and companionship
Punitive damages are available when a manufacturer knowingly placed a dangerous product on the market despite awareness of the risk. These damages are designed to punish, and to deter the next company from making the same calculation.
Time is critical after a product injury.
Manufacturers and their insurers begin defending the moment an injury is reported. Internal records have retention schedules, meaning documents that prove the company knew about the defect can be lawfully destroyed if litigation is not initiated in time. If possible, preserve the product, packaging, instructions, receipts, and photographs of the item and your injuries, and seek appropriate medical care. Do not repair, alter, or discard the product before speaking with an attorney.
Florida's statute of limitations for product liability is two years from the date of injury. New York's is three years. In either state, that window closes faster than most people expect, especially while recovering from a serious injury. Contact us now, consultations are free, we are available around the clock, and you owe nothing unless we win.
A record built case by case.
A selection of verdicts and settlements from this area of our practice. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome, every case is decided on its own facts.