Personal Injury Law

Yo-Yo Waterball, Bearing Risk Of Strangulation, Target of Legislation in New York; Children?s Product Safety and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2008 Also Signed Into Law

New York Governor David A. Patterson signed into law a bill prohibiting the importation, manufacturing, distribution, or sale of dangerous yo-yo waterball toys, and providing for enforcement by the attorney general. The New York State Consumer Protection Board has issued two warnings calling yo-yo waterballs a serious hazard to children. The second warning was issued after a five-year-old girl from the Rochester area was nearly strangled by the toy`s long elastic cord. Similar to other choking incidents involving yo-yo waterballs, the elastic cord became wrapped around the child`s neck after she had been twirling it above her head. The cord was wrapped so tightly that her father had to use a pair of scissors to cut the cord. The victiim’s mother said that her husband found their daughter “blue in the face.”

Full post as published by Legal Blog on September 21, 2008 (boomark / email).