Personal Injury Law

Dangerous Crib Recall

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that about 535,000 Stork Craft Baby Cribs have been recalled. These cribs pose an entrapment and suffocation risk. The CPSC has instructed customers to stop using the products immediately.

The cribs were made by Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. and were manufactured and sold between May 2000 and November 2008. They came in a variety of styles and finishes.
The metal support brackets holding the mattress and mattress board in place can break, causing a dangerous gap between the mattress and crib rails.

The CPSC has received 10 reports in which one or more of the supports broke. In one of those reports, a toddler received bruises on his forehead, and in another a child became stuck in the gap.

The Stork Craft cribs were sold between May 2000 and January 2009 at major retailers such as J.C. Penney, Kmart and Walmart, and online at Amazon.com, Babiesrus.com, Costco.com and Walmart.com, the CPSC said. Each one retailed for between $100 and $400.

Stork Craft Manufacturing's name, address, and contact information, along with the manufacturing information, are located on the assembly instruction sheet, which is attached to the mattress support board. Each crib was built in Canada, China or Indonesia between May 2000 and November 2008. Some models are also inscribed with the company's logo and the words "storkcraft baby" on the drop side teething rail, according to the recall notice.

Anyone having one of these cribs should stop using it immediately.

Full post as published by Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).