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213,000 Dorel Juvenile Play Yards and 600 IKEA LEOPARD Highchairs are Among...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that it is recalling approximately 213,000 play yards with bassinets because of concern that the infant product posses a suffocation risk. The...
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Preventing Injuries to Children: Are Gas Fireplaces a Burn Hazard?
With cold weather continuing to affect many parts of the US, people have been using their gas fireplaces to keep everyone indoors warm. Yet are the doors of some of these gas fireplaces poorly designed...
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Injuries to Children: 1.2 Million Graco Harmony High Chairs Recalled Because...
Graco Children’s Products Inc. and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling 1.2 million Graco Harmony™ High Chairs because they pose a fall hazard to kids. The children’s products...
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Target Recalls 350,000 Woven Storage Trunks After Toddler Sustains Traumatic...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target are recalling about 350,000 woven storage trunks after a toddler sustained a traumatic brain injury when the trunk lid fell on the back of her neck,...
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Another Baby Sling Recall Prompted by Death of Newborn
In the wake of the 2007 death of 10-day-old baby from a handmade baby sling, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling approximately 40 Sprout Stuff infant ring slings because they pose a...
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CPSC Attempts to Prevent Injuries to Children with Recalls of Smith + Noble...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced several recalls in the past week geared toward preventing serious injuries to children. The most recent one comes today with the recall of...
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Colorado Infant Death Prompts CPSC to Re-Announce Recall of Delta Enterprise...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Delta Enterprise Corp. are again announcing recall of over 985,000 drop-side cribs that come with “Crib Trigger Lock and Safety Peg” hardware. This...
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Number of Button Battery-Linked Deaths and Injuries Rising, Says CPSC
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently issued a warning that as the number of coin-sized batteries used increases, so do the number of injuries and deaths. Seniors and toddlers are most at...
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22,000 Dream on Me Drop-Side Cribs Recalled Because They Pose Laceration,...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and importer Dream on Me are recalling about 22,000 drop-side cribs because of the dangers they pose to young children. The portable and full-size cribs...
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New Crib Safety Standards Go Into Effect Today
The new federal rules updating the nation’s crib safety standards are now in effect. Under the new rules, which the US Consumer Product Safety Commission established: Drop-side cribs can no longer be...
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More Pourable Gel Fuel Recalled by Manufacturers
Another six companies are recalling their pourable gel fuel products over concerns that they may cause burn injuries to consumers. It was just last month that nine other manufacturers recalled more...
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248,000 Expandable Lunch Boxes Recalled Over Poison Concerns
U.S. CPSC and California Innovations Inc. are recalling approximately 248,000 Expandable Insulated Lunch Box with Freezer Gel Pack units over concerns that the freezer gel packs could prove poisonous...
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Is Your Wire Grill Brush a Dangerous Product?
With the weather getting warmer, more people will be going outside to turn on the grill and start cooking meat, poultry, and other food items. While grilling is considered healthier than frying foods,...
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CPSC Stopped About 647,000 Unsafe Products from Entering the US During 1st...
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, Consumer Product Safety Commission port investigators and US Customs Border Protection agents have stopped nearly 650,000 units (of approximately 240 different...
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Button Batteries Can Cause Serious Child Injuries
They may appear harmless enough but did you know that those tiny, round, button-sized batteries can cause serious injuries to children when swallowed? At the Gilbert Law Group, our products liability...
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Girl Dies in Maryland Window Blinds Accident
A 6-year-old girl died in Maryland earlier this month when she became entangled in the cord of a window blind. A relative tried to resuscitate the child, who was found unconscious, but the girl was...
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