It's happened again. There has been yet another crib recall. In fact it's the biggest crib recall in U.S. history and it is linked to four suffocation deaths. More than 2 million drop-side cribs made by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada are being recalled. Sales of the cribs in question date back to 1993 and nearly 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo.

The manufacturer is going on the defensive by saying said the four deaths linked to the recall happened a long time ago and were found to be a result of improper use. A company spokesperson said all parents need to do to fix the crib is to install a free kit from the company that converts the drop-side to a fixed, immovable side, but that does little to put parents at ease, especially since these cribs pose a potentially dangerous situations for innocent children.

This is far from the first time a large amount of cribs have been recalled. In fact, in January, Stork Craft recalled about 500,000 cribs because of problems with the metal brackets that support the mattress. This past July, Health Canada expanded its recall of Simplicity drop-side cribs to include three model numbers when the CPSC announced the recall of the brand's drop-side cribs by retailers.

ASTM International, an organization that sets voluntary industry safety standards for everything from toys to the steel used in commercial buildings, approved a new standard last week that requires four immovable sides for full-size cribs — a big step toward eliminating the manufacture of new drop-side cribs since the industry group won't certify them.

In Suffolk County, N.Y., legislation was signed into law Tuesday that bans the sale of any crib with a side that moves up and down. The law takes effect in February and is believed to be a first ban of its kind. Hopefully it will save lives.
Child injuries are very serious and can leave a parent feeling helpless. If your child has suffered a crib injury, please contact child injury attorney Jeffrey Killino at 877-875-2927.

The holiday buying season is upon us and soon parents will be hitting the stores in droves, searching for all those cute, cuddly, fun and exciting toys for their kids-but buyer beware.

Every year the consumer group W.A.T.C.H (world against toys causing harm) comes out with their list of the year’s worst toys and 2009 is no exception. I chose to blog about this topic since the safety of children should be a top priority, not only during the holidays, but 365 days a year. This year’s list includes nationally known names and products such as Disney-Pixar, Curious George and a certain Batman doll. This tall 30” figure includes a mask that has two 1” ears made of pointed, rigid plastic. Toddlers may fall on these inflexible protrusions, with the potential for penetrating and blunt-force injuries.

Another toy on the market that poses a potentially dangerous risk to kids is “Perfect Mini Doll”, sold for oral-age children as young as two years old. It comes complete with its own bathtub. The tub, however, has a small plastic shower attachment, connected only by a thin plastic cord. Once detached, the shower head fails even the industry’s inadequate small parts “choke tube” standard.

The list exposes toy hazards seen year after year, despite continued efforts to educate and inform the industry and provide examples of some hazards in toys being sold to consumers. To view this year’s list, visit www.toysafety.org. Other lists of potentially dangerous toys and child products can be found through the consumer product safety commission’s website (www.cpsc.gov).

As the holiday season approaches, parents, grand parents and anyone buying gifts for children must be diligent in choosing, safe toys for children. This can be accomplished by first doing some research on the toys you plan on buying to make sure they don’t pose a risk.

Child injuries are very serious and can leave a parent feeling helpless. If your child has been injured in an accident, please contact child injury attorney Jeffrey Killino at 877-875-2927.

There is nothing more important than the safety of our children. That’s why I was concerned when I was alerted to yet another child product recall. This time the product in question involves baby strollers. Maclaren USA Inc is volunteering recalling as many as one million strollers sold in the United States over the past ten years after receiving more than a dozen reports of children's fingers being amputated when caught in the stroller's hinges. It took them ten years to issue a recall!?

As consumers we must be careful in choosing the products our children use. A visit to the consumer product safety commission website lists hundreds of products recently recalled. Everything from baby strollers to backyard swings can be found on this site. Although Maclaren USA, Inc is offering consumers a free repair kit, that does little to comfort the parents of the children already injured or maimed.

Models affected by the recall include Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, TechnoXLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveler

The strollers, priced from $100 to $360, were sold at stores including Babies "R" Us and Target.

Child injuries are very serious and can leave a parent feeling helpless. If your child has been injured in an accident, please contact the child injury attorney Jeffrey Killino at 877-875-2927.