North Carolina Product Liability Blog : North Carolina Product Liability Lawyer & Attorney : D. Hardison Wood : Toy Safety, Child Restraint, Car Seats

The CPSC unanimously approved a new rule requiring maufacturers of toddler/infant durable goods to establish and maintain a registration card program. Ths includes:

18 product categories: full-size cribs and nonfull-size cribs; toddler beds; high chairs, booster chairs, and hook-on chairs; bath seats; gates and other enclosures for confining a child; play yards; stationary activity centers; infant carriers; strollers; walkers; swings; bassinets and cradles; children’s folding chairs; changing tables; infant bouncers; infant bathtubs; portable toddler bed rails; and infant slings

The rule specifically states what information the manufactuers must maintain. This is in an effort to make distribution of recall information faster and more efficient. Read the www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10093.htmlnotice here.

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The CPSC issued ten recalls today involving window shades/roman shades/roll up shades. These recalls were prompted by the risk of strangulation to children. A repair kit is supposed to be available to those who have these products in their homes and you should request one immediately. The CPSC is recommending that you inspect your home and ensure that you do not have accesible cords from these shades in the front, on the side or back. DO NOT place a crib,child's bed or other furniture near these blinds. Make all loose cords completely inaccesible. Install devices to keep the cord taut. There have been 5 deaths and 16 near stranglations of children from these Roman shades since 2006 and 3 deaths from from roll-up blinds since 2001.

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24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds have been recalled after two infant suffocation deaths. The Amby motion bed used a rocking, tilting side to side motion similar to a hammock. Due to this titling motion, infants can roll, become wedged and entrapped leading to possible suffocation. People who own this product must stop using it immediately. This product had been advertised as a solution for colicky babies, babies suffering from reflux, short nappers, restless sleepers and premature babies. See the recall notice here

Evenflo has also issued a recall of its cake toys on the Evenflo ExerSaucer 1-2-3 Tea for Me Activity Learning Center - approximately 66,000 units in the US and 13,660 in Canada.The candle attached to the top of the cake toy poses a choking hazard to children as it can easily become detached. View the notice here.

If your child has been injured by a toy or other product, call us now to discuss your matter.

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