Beware Of Dangerous Cribs And Strollers
The continuing dangers posed to infants by certain products has been highlighted by the recall announced this month by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) of approximately 635,000 cribs manufactured by Dorel Asia SRL of Barbados. The recall was announced after the reported death of a 6 month old child who became entrapped and strangled in a Dorel crib after the drop side hardware broke. The drop side hardware on the cribs can fail causing the drop side to detach from the crib creating a space in which an infant can become entrapped and suffocate or strangle. This, as well as bruising and lacerations, may also occur if one of the slats is damaged.
Moreover, thirty six incidents of slat breakage have been reported. The drop side hardware failure or slat damage may occur while the crib is in use, in storage, being assembled, taken apart or reassembled or during shipping and handling. The Dorel cribs were sold at Kmart, Sears and Wal-Mart stores nationwide from January 2005 through December 2009.
The CPSC also recently announced the recall of about 1.5 million strollers manufactured by Graco Children’s Products, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia, between October 2004 and February 2008, due to fingertip amputation and laceration hazards. There have been seven reports of children placing their fingers in the stroller's plastic, jointed canopy hinge mechanism while the canopy was being opened or closed, resulting in five fingertip amputations and two fingertip lacerations. The recalled strollers were sold at AAFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies “R” Us, Toys “R” Us, Kmart, Fred Meyer, Meijers, Navy Exchange, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart and other retailers nationwide from October 2004 to December 2009.
If any infants or children you know have been injured by these products please contact us to discuss your legal options.