Posts Tagged ‘ strangulation hazard ’

Two years ago, Shele Danishefsky Covlin, a UBS wealth manager, was found face-down dead in her bathtub. With a clearly cut scalp, Covlin’s death was allegedly ruled an accidental fall. Jewish Orthodox traditions prompted her family to refuse any autopsy and order an immediate burial a day after Covlin’s death.  After investigation, however, information...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Pottery Barn Kids, a division of William-Sanoma Inc. of San Fransisco, CA, has issued a recallof certain of its dolls. The doll recall is based on a strangulation hazard presented by the hair on the Chloe, Sophie and Audrey dolls, which contains loops that...
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According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Big Lots is issuing a recall of approximately 30,000 metal futon bunk beds. The hazard identified related to the potential for children to be entrapped behind the futon,  or in the ladder of the bunk bed when the futon is lowered from the seated to...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Lan Enterprises, LLC, of Hillsboro, Oregon, has issued a voluntary recall of Zooper Strollers. The stroller recall is based on a strangulation hazard presented by an opening between the armrest bar/snack tray and the seat bottom of the stroller. The opening is large enough...
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A second infant death has prompted a re-announcement of a recall by Delta Enterprise of “Safety Peg” cribs. This recall involves 985,000 Delta Enterprise cribs, sold at Kmart, Target, and Walmart stores between January 1995 and December 2005 for approximately $100. This recall was first announced in 2008 when forty-nine models with a “crib...
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1.7 Million video baby monitors have been recalled due to electrical cords posing a potential strangulation hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that Summer Infant, Inc. is working to recall all video baby monitor systems with electrical cords. Since 2004, there have been at least seven infant strangulation deaths associated with...
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Children’s products provide our kids with opportunities for hours of enjoyment and learning. Unfortunately, improperly designed or manufactured playthings can also cause death and debilitating injury among the most innocent of victims. At Swartz & Swartz, P.C., we have long been a leader in the fight to rid our country’s store shelves and toy...
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is fighting to place a ban on crib bumpers. Crib bumpers are pads that can be attached inside the crib to cushion babies from crib bars. Since 2008, there have been 14 infant deaths linked to crib bumper pads. Meanwhile, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in a...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved new mandatory standards to address the hazards of cribs. In the last five years alone, the CPSC has announced recalls of over 9 million drop-side cribs due to hazards of strangulation and suffocation. According to the CPSC, since January 2000 there have been 32 infant...
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In October, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) announced a recall of about 2 million Graco strollers due to risk of entrapment and strangulation. Reports surfaced that the manufacturer, Graco Children’s Products Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., received four reports of infant strangulations that occurred in its strollers between the years 2003 and...
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