OHIO LAWYER FOR DEFECTIVE SMOKE DETECTORS

Did Your Smoke Detector Fail to Warn Your Household of a Fire?

Families and businesses rely on smoke detectors to warn them when fires start. Faulty smoke detectors can easily result in severe injuries and even deaths. These tragic incidents are made even more heart wrenching because they could have been avoided had the smoke detector performed as intended.

There are a variety of potential smoke detector defects that can result in serious losses:

• There may be a faulty warning system that fails to notify property owners when the battery is dying
• The alarm sound may be too quiet or simply not go off even when smoke is detected
• The device may fail to detect smoke even when it is present, or it doesn’t detect smoke until it is too late to adequately warn a building’s occupant of the fire

Of all home product defects, those that have a direct impact on the safety of occupants are some of the most egregious. The mistakes of manufacturers who fabricate and sell home safety products, like carbon monoxide detectors and fire detectors, can have tragic, life-altering consequences.