People use a variety of products each day, in the home, at school, at work, and even while we sleep. All of the various products we encounter in daily life usually have some kind of a warranty, either express or implied, in their use and operation. Most people are familiar with warranties when an object breaks or injures.

Individual consumers do have rights under the Uniform Commercial Code for breach of warranty. The most common consumer protection lawsuit for a warranty is breach of the implied warranty for fitness of purpose. What this means in basic terms is that an item sold for a particular purpose should be fit and useable for that purpose. When it is not and a consumer is injured or the object doesn’t work, the consumer has a potential for a breach of warranty lawsuit.

In a breach lawsuit based on fitness for a particular purpose, a plaintiff must show information about the product, how it was sold, and what injury occurred. The mostd common type of injury is a products liability injury, when a consumer is injured by a defective or dangerous product.

A Chicago products liability attorney can advise clients on whether or not a Chicago breach of warranty lawsuit or a Chicago products liability lawsuit may be good options for recovery if an individual has been hurt by a dangerous product.