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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Crib Company Issues Third Recall of the Year
Jardine Enterprises, a Taiwanese-based company that sells their product nationwide, has announced they are recalling nearly 96,000 cribs. This is the third recall the company has issued on their cribs this year. The company has said this recent recall is for the same problem the last two recalls were for. The slats on the crib are in danger of breaking, which can leave a gap where children or infants may become trapped or even strangled.
The last two recalls were in June 2008 and January 2009. The June recall affected 320,000 units and the January recall affected 56,450 units. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 31 reports of the crib slats breaking. Two of these reports are of children actually becoming entrapped in the gap. Ten of the incidents were of children actually breaking the slats while they were in the crib.
The recall involves seven different models of Jardine cribs. They are sold at KidsWorld, Geoffrey Stores, Toys R Us, and Babies R Us nationwide with the beginning dated of September 2005 until today. The models include:
The company and the US CPSC have said the best remedy is to stop using the crib and call Jardine for full credit toward the purchase of a new crib. However, what about those whose children may have already been injured? Though there have been no reports of any children who have been severely injured, the company has been pulling this defective product from the market for nearly a year. Why not simply pull all of the models at once rather than wait for a child to be injured or killed? So far the only moderate injury reported is scrapes and bruises. The company should be thankful this is the only injury reported so far.
If your child has been injured by a defective product, such as a Jardine crib, please contact the experienced attorneys at the Cochran Firm today. We serve clients nationwide.
The last two recalls were in June 2008 and January 2009. The June recall affected 320,000 units and the January recall affected 56,450 units. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 31 reports of the crib slats breaking. Two of these reports are of children actually becoming entrapped in the gap. Ten of the incidents were of children actually breaking the slats while they were in the crib.
The recall involves seven different models of Jardine cribs. They are sold at KidsWorld, Geoffrey Stores, Toys R Us, and Babies R Us nationwide with the beginning dated of September 2005 until today. The models include:
- #0102B00 Drop-side Natural Olympia Single, date coded between 9/2005-1/2007
- #0122E00 Drop-side Dark Pine Olympia Single, date coded between9/2005-1/2008
- #3002P00 Black Olympia Lifetime, date coded between 11/2005-5/2008
- #0302C00 White Olympia Lifetime, date coded between 6/2006-12/2006
- #0312D00 Americana Pecan 4-in-1, date coded between 5/2006-11/2007
- #0308L00 Antique Walnut Capri 4-in1, date coded between 12/2005-11/2007
- #0108C00 Drop-side White Capri Single, date coded 8/2006-11/2007
The company and the US CPSC have said the best remedy is to stop using the crib and call Jardine for full credit toward the purchase of a new crib. However, what about those whose children may have already been injured? Though there have been no reports of any children who have been severely injured, the company has been pulling this defective product from the market for nearly a year. Why not simply pull all of the models at once rather than wait for a child to be injured or killed? So far the only moderate injury reported is scrapes and bruises. The company should be thankful this is the only injury reported so far.
If your child has been injured by a defective product, such as a Jardine crib, please contact the experienced attorneys at the Cochran Firm today. We serve clients nationwide.
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