Just last week it was announced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that there are new recalls for a number of different children’s products on the market, including defective baby cribs and baby swimming floats. Already these defective items have been related to a number of safety violations and at least one death of an infant in the Houston, Texas area. The cribs that are being recalled were manufacturers by a company call Simplicity Inc. The CPSC has already announced that over 400,000 of these cribs, which are manufactured in China, are being recalled for defects in the drop sides. If you are the victim of a recalled product liability, contact a Los Angeles liability products lawyer. Apparently the material from which these cribs are made is prone to breakage, which can lead to the drop side of the crib falling off or detaching from crib. An infant could easily fall out of the crib entirely or fall into the space between the crib mattress and the drop side piece that has detached.
The infant who died in Texas was a victim of one of these drop side cribs manufactured by Simplicity Inc. It was reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that the 8-month old baby became trapped between the defective drop side piece of the crib and the crib mattress. It was also reported by the CPSC that there have been at least 25 other cases in which the drop side of these cribs detached from the crib itself, creating a potentially dangerous situation for infants. The cribs in question were purportedly sold between January of 2005 and June of 2009.
In addition to defective baby cribs, millions of inflatable baby floats have also been included in the recent recall. The floats were manufactured by a company called Aqua Leisure Industries based out of Massachusetts. It has been reported that there is a defect in the portion of the float that straps around the child’s leg. The strap could easily tear, causing the child to fall into the water and potentially drown. The floats, like the cribs, were manufactured entirely in China. They sold from a number of stores and in a variety of colors and styles between December of 2002 and June of 2009. There have been over 30 reports so far of children falling into water because of these float defects, but thankfully there has not yet been a single injury. Aqua Leisure Industries is asking that their consumers discontinue use of these defective floats immediately and contact the company to receive a refund.
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