Posted on Jul 11, 2012
The Houston baby products defect lawyers at Denena & Points want you to know about the recall of dangerous baby monitors due to a strangulation hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) states that it has notice of two recent deaths involving Summer Infant baby monitors.
In March, a 10-month-old infant girl in Washington, D.C. strangled to death because the cord of the baby monitor’s camera had been placed too near her crib on top of the crib rail. In November, a 6-month-old baby boy in Conway, S.C. strangled when the electrical cord of the monitor was left on the changing table attached to his crib.
The CPSC and the Summer Infant company also note the near-strangulation of a 20-month-old boy in Pittsburgh, PA whose baby monitor camera cord was attached to the wall within his reach. The CPSC specifically ties the danger of strangulation to the placement of the electrical cords from the baby monitors too close to their cribs. Our Houston baby products defect lawyers note that since 2004, 7 children have strangled in baby monitor cords that were placed too close to their cribs.
If your child can reach the baby monitor’s cords or can accidentally become entangled in a too-near cord, there is danger that your child might suffer strangulation from being trapped by the cord. Almost 2 million of the Summer Infant baby monitors have been recalled due to the strangulation hazard. The recall includes more than 40 different models of handheld, digital, and color monitors manufactured by the Woonsocket, R.I.-based Summer Infant company.
Inez Tenenbaum, Chair of the CPSC, urges caregivers and parents to remove baby monitor cords to a distance of at least 3 feet from the child in the crib to avoid strangulation hazards. She says that this simple step “can save your child’s life.”
Major retailers sold the recalled baby monitors across the nation from 2003 to 2011. Summer Infant has said it won’t replace the recalled baby monitors. Instead, the company offers new warning labels to be placed on the products as well as new instructions about safe placement of the baby monitors. (Source: Associated Press, 7/11/2012, by way of khou.com)
Our Houston baby products defect lawyers also mention to concerned parents that Summer Infant is recalling about 58,000 video monitor rechargeable batteries due to the danger of the batteries overheating, rupturing, and causing fires and burn injuries. Summer Infant received 5 reports of ruptured batteries that prompted the recall. The video monitors with the dangerously defective batteries were sold exclusively at Babies R Us in 2009 and 2010.
We have written before about the hazards presented by defective product batteries that can overheat, explode, and cause burn injuries or death. Some modern lithium and lithium-ion batteries seem particularly prone to this hazard.
If you own one of the recalled defective Summer Infant products, be sure to comply with recall instructions available from the manufacturer to minimize any hazards. If you or your child have already been injured by a defective and dangerous product, you can contact our dedicated Houston baby products defect lawyers toll free or online to set up a free legal consultation to discuss your case.
Over the past 14 years, we have helped many concerned parents obtain full financial recoveries for the harm their families have suffered because of needlessly dangerous products. Let us help you successfully make your claim against big manufacturers who have allowed dangerous products out on the market where they could cause grievous harm. Call or email us today.
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