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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Defective Cribs Recalled

Over two million cribs were recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Monday, November 23, 2009 due to defective hardware that can lead to suffocation in toddlers and infants using the crib. The CPSC urged parents to stop using Stork Craft drop-side cribs manufactured by Stork Craft Manufacturing, Inc. located in British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 150,000 of these cribs have the Fisher-Price logo.

The cribs were sold from January 1993 to October 2009 in major retail stores such as Sears, Wal-mart and on online through Target.com and Amazon.com. Over this 16-7ear period, approximately 1.2 million cribs were distributed to the US and just under a million were distributed in Canada, where they were made.

The CPSC explained that the cribs' drop-side, which is attached with plastic hardware, can suddenly and unexpectedly detach and create a space between the wall of the crib and the mattress. The space is large enough for infants and toddlers to become trapped and suffocate or they can fall out of the crib.

At the time of this writing, four children have suffocated and 20 children have sustained injuries such as brain injury, concussion, and bumps and bruises.

If you or a loved one has been harmed or killed by a defective product anywhere in the United States, please contact the product liability attorneys at The Cochran Firm, with offices nationwide, today to schedule a confidential, no-cost consultation.

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posted by Benjamin A. Irwin at 6:13 AM

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