Litigation

CPSC Demands Recall of 635,000 Cribs

By Angel Reyes

The Associated Press continues to do its part to keep dangerous Chinese imports from harming our kids.  The AP reported yesterday, "A Barbados-based company on Tuesday recalled about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of a 6-month-old boy and multiple reports of injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of 20 models of Dorel Asia cribs with both drop sides and fixed front rails. Some of the Chinese- and Vietnamese-made cribs were recalled because their drop sides can detach, creating a space where a child can be trapped and suffocate or strangled."
       
The Los Angeles Times reports, "The safety commission said a 6-month-old from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, became trapped and died in one of the cribs after the drop-side hardware broke. The agency and Dorel Asia received 31 reports of drop-side incidents and 36 of slat breakage; a total of 10 injuries were reported." Dorel Asia, the crib manufacturer, when questioned about these reports and the death of an Iowa child, said "it learned from a safety investigator that the 6-month-old's crib had been previously broken and that the parents had used duct tape to hold it together." 

I've written extensively about the dangers defective cribs pose to babies and small children.  To see a video of how these cribs can kill, see my interview on Good Morning Texas.
 

Full post as published by Angel Reyes Blog on January 20, 2010 (boomark / email).