Helping Injury Victims File Product Liability Claims for Defective Products.
If a defective product has injured you or someone you love, the Seattle product liability lawyers at Schroeter Goldmark & Bender (SGB) have the experience and financial resources to take on the manufacturers responsible — across Seattle and throughout Washington. Corporations reap vast profits from the products we purchase every day. We trust that these products are safe, but what happens when safety rules are broken, and a faulty product hurts a loved one? It costs millions of dollars to modify a product, pull a product from the market, or ensure adequate warnings are placed on potentially dangerous products—which is why manufacturers use their enormous resources to fiercely resist product defect and product warning cases.
SGB will hold these corporations accountable.
If a faulty product has hurt you or someone you love, you need a leading product liability law firm with the knowledge and financial resources to go toe-to-toe with big corporations. You need a top Washington law firm for product liability litigation; SGB is here to help. We stand with other premier law firms and product liability attorneys around the nation on the Leader’s Forum for the American Association for Justice. That means our product liability lawyers are on the cutting edge of product liability law. In fact, we write articles and give seminars on product liability matters that help shape the industry. We have co-authored a book on Washington Product Liability law. Why SGB?
- We are local. We live here and we work here. We know Washington law. If you live in Washington, why would you want a lawyer from Texas, New York, or any other state?
- We will be your product attorneys on the case from start to finish. We aren’t a professional attorney advertiser who just wants you to call the 1-800 number so they can sign you up to then broker out your case to other lawyers, never to be heard from again. Whether we work alone or decide it is in your interest for us to team up with others, we are your lawyer. We are the product liability law firm that will work on your case, and we are available to you at any time.
- When you call us, we’ll listen to you. We won’t keep calling you back or pressure you in any way. The national advertisers probably will.
- We can carefully assess the best location for filing your lawsuit. Sometimes that is in Washington; sometimes that is a different location. We consider all of your options and do what’s best for you.
- You are important to us. You are a person—a treasured client—not a member of case “inventory.” We are not in the business of stockpiling hundreds of product cases for mass production. We represent clients one-by-one. Each case we work on is hand-crafted.
Team Members
Adam Berger
Andy Boes
Thomas Breen
Kaitlin Cherf
Luke Garrett
Chen-Chen Jiang
Colin Mieling
Peter O’Neil
Carson Phillips-Spotts
Sergio A. Garcidueñas-Sease
Craig Sims
Joe Solseng
Sims Weymuller
What sets our product liability attorneys apart?
At SGB, our product liability lawyers take on the manufacturers most firms won’t. We’ve spent decades going toe-to-toe with large product manufacturers in Washington and across the country, and we sit on the Leaders Forum of the American Association for Justice — helping shape product liability law through the articles we write, the seminars we give, and the book we co-authored on Washington Product Liability law.
We don’t treat clients as case “inventory.” Every defective-product claim is handled one-by-one, by the attorneys you actually hired, and pushed to trial whenever that’s in your best interest. After 50 years building our reputation in the Pacific Northwest, we take a back seat to no one when it comes to holding negligent manufacturers accountable.
Frequently Asked Questions
You may have a product liability claim if a defective or unreasonably dangerous product injured you or someone you love — but you won’t know for certain until you speak with a product liability attorney. Washington sets strict deadlines for filing a product liability lawsuit, so the sooner a qualified product liability lawyer reviews what happened, the better your chances of preserving evidence and protecting your claim. Contact SGB for a free, confidential case review.
You can, but we generally don’t recommend it. Many product liability ads on television come from national advertisers who collect cases in bulk and broker them out to other firms — meaning you may never speak with the lawyer actually handling your case. When you hire SGB, you work directly with a Seattle-based product liability law firm that knows Washington law and stays on your case from start to finish. Here’s why choosing a local firm beats a national advertiser.
We handle product liability cases on a contingency-fee basis. There’s no upfront cost to you: our attorney fees come out of any recovery we win, and if we don’t recover compensation for you, you owe us nothing for the legal work we’ve performed. This lets injured consumers take on large manufacturers without paying out of pocket.
SGB is a leading product liability law firm serving Seattle, Washington, and the greater Pacific Northwest. For more than 50 years, our product liability lawyers have gone toe-to-toe with large manufacturers and their insurers — and we’re ready to take your case to trial whenever that serves your best interest. We’ve built our reputation one client at a time, and we bring the same focus, resources, and resolve to every defective-product case we accept.
Getting started is simple. Call or contact our Seattle office, and a member of our legal team will gather the details of your potential product liability claim. From there, our attorneys review your case carefully and walk you through what comes next. The consultation is free and confidential, with no obligation to move forward.
Product liability is the area of law that holds manufacturers, distributors, and sellers accountable when a defective or dangerous product injures a consumer. Most claims fall into three categories: design defects, manufacturing defects, and failure to warn (inadequate warnings or instructions). A product liability lawyer can help you determine which applies to your situation.
Washington law gives you a limited window to file a product liability lawsuit, and the exact deadline depends on when you were injured and when you discovered the product caused the harm. Because these deadlines are strict and key evidence can disappear quickly, it’s best to speak with a Washington product liability attorney as soon as possible.
Our product liability lawyers handle a wide range of defective-product cases, including automotive defects, defective medical devices, household products, industrial and construction machinery, pressure cookers, button batteries, and Roundup. If you were injured by a product that isn’t listed here, contact us — we evaluate all types of defective-product claims.
If you or someone you love has suffered, please let us help. Our approach is to investigate your claim and help you determine the best course of action. Contact us for a free, confidential case review.