You may have heard the phrase “profits over people”, but how about “profits over little people”? Sounds even worse, doesn’t it? IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit yesterday to force the distributor of a dangerous crib to stop peddling the product once and for all. The Simplicity bassinet made the news earlier this year when we learned that its flawed design caused at least two infant deaths. But despite knowing this, distributor SFCA refused to participate in a recall. Their argument, in a nutshell: ‘Hey, we’re not the ones who designed it’. Details on the suit:
Madigan’s lawsuit asks the court to prohibit SFCA from selling and distributing the unsafe bassinets in Illinois and to require SFCA to:
* Hire an independent consultant to develop a product safety protocol and review all of SFCA’s product designs to ensure compliance with safety standards;
* Recall all Simplicity bassinets that use the recalled design;
* Provide refunds to retailers who issued refunds or store credits to consumers who returned Simplicity bassinets; and
* Notify the public of CPSC recalls by advertising in newspapers throughout Illinois.
* Hire an independent consultant to develop a product safety protocol and review all of SFCA’s product designs to ensure compliance with safety standards;
* Recall all Simplicity bassinets that use the recalled design;
* Provide refunds to retailers who issued refunds or store credits to consumers who returned Simplicity bassinets; and
* Notify the public of CPSC recalls by advertising in newspapers throughout Illinois.
Let’s hope the suit accomplishes all of these objectives. Go to the website for Kids In Danger for more on children’s product safety.
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