It might be that the cases we read all involved someone getting personally injured. There's nothing about the law that limits the "injury" to personal injury, t

It might be that the cases we read all involved someone getting personally injured. There's nothing about the law that limits the "injury" to personal injury, though--for example, if a defective battery catches fire and burns your house down, the manufacturer and everyone in the distribution chain are on the hook. (IAAL, not legal advice)