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Anyone worried about child safety consumer products here is a link for you. An investigative report has found that many children toy recalls have followed after children have suffered serious injuries and even death following playing with toys with magnets. The serious personal injuries suffered by children nationwide caused Chicago, Illinois reporters to look into the situation. Investigations have pushed congressional legislation to address safety in children’s toys. Additionally many children’s car seats and children’s cribs have been recall due to safety hazards. Product liability suits can result from the use of defective cribs and defective car seats which may put a child’s life in danger. To read several articles about these current news issues and to see videos discussing safety tips for consumers click here.

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Anyone worried about child safety consumer products here is a link for you. An investigative report has found that many children toy recalls have followed after children have suffered serious injuries and even death following playing with toys with magnets. The serious personal injuries suffered by children nationwide caused Chicago, Illinois reporters to look into the situation. Investigations have pushed congressional legislation to address safety in children’s toys. Additionally many children’s car seats and children’s cribs have been recall due to safety hazards. Product liability suits can result from the use of defective cribs and defective car seats which may put a child’s life in danger. To read several articles about these current news issues and to see videos discussing safety tips for consumers click here.

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A products liability lawsuit has been filed against Target and a toy distributor after a 1 year-old became ill after swallowing a recalled toy that produces the “date rape” drug when ingested. A month after the recall, the 1 year-old ingested the product and required emergency treatment for vomiting and experiencing states of unconsciousness.

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On November 21, 2007, flashing pacifiers were recalled by Sailing (U.S.) International Corp. Whenever people make jokes about lawyers, and especially plaintiff’s lawyers, I like to point out how many harmful situations and products are made safe due to the tireless work of lawyers. While I am not sure what prompted this particular recall of pacifiers, and I am not familiar with the company that recalled them, I shudder to think of the dangerous products which would never be recalled if not for the potential of personal injury lawsuits.

For details on the pacifier recall click here.

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Simplicity Inc. is voluntarily recalling about one million units of their defective Simplicity Infant Crib, made in China. Three infant deaths have shown that incorrect installation of a drop side of the crib could occur easily and that a baby could fall into a gap large enough to become trapped. In an older style of the crib, 55 incidents had been reported. The new version has proven to be equally flawed, with incorrect installation also easy. It is not know where the assembly instructions were printed, but if they were made in China as well, it is likely that due to language barriers instruction booklets could be confusing. However, problems have also been reported with correctly installed cribs. It is not known whether any product liability lawsuits have been filed.

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Illinois is one of the states where parents of children may be allowed to sue Mattel for recalled toys even where their children have not yet shown physical harm. The Wall Street Journal reports that Illinois and California are states where plaintiffs may be able to demand that companies like Mattel pay for medical tests for children who have been exposed to these dangerous toys by setting up medical-monitoring funds.

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