There are many things important in life. Some people
value money, relationships, status, and belongings. However, the majority of people have a place in their hearts for babies. When it is someone else's child it is adorable and cute. When it is your own child, you would risk everything to protect him or her.
Well sadly many people have had to deal with personal injuries when using baby products. At times these injuries are reported and the integrous companies initiate an awareness campaign to recall defective products. However, someone has to get hurt before certain problems are discovered.
In today's article I would like to talk about baby cribs; specifically Simplicity baby cribs.
""Simplicity cribs are one of the deadliest products that we've dealt with in recent years," says Scott Wolfson, a spokesperson for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. "In the full history of Simplicity cribs and bassinets, there were more than a dozen deaths, including the tragic case in North Attleboro."
The North Attleboro case he refers to is a Massachusetts case of a one-year-old boy who was suffocated after becoming entrapped by the collapsed mattress of his Simplicity Ellis Deluxe 4-in-1 Convertible Sleep System crib. His parents have now filed a defective product and wrongful death lawsuit against Simplicity, Inc., its successor company SFCA, Inc., and the Omaha-based online retailer that sold them the crib, Hayneedle, Inc.
Specifically, the lawsuit claims that, although some Simplicity cribs started being recalled a year before the boy's parents purchased theirs, Hayneedle did not warn the parents that their child could be injured or killed by the crib."
Source: http://www.orlandopersonalinjurylawyersblog.com/2011/01/product-liabili…
If you read my earlier post on product liability law, then you may recall that all players along the value chain share some fault when a product causes personal injury to an individual. It is up to the courts to decide who is responsible, but as can be seen in the source article above the Attelboro lawsuit holds all players responsible.
Let me know what you think about these crib problems by leaving a comment below.