The law firm of Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt, P.C. is announcing that 1.59 million baby cribs have been recalled by privately-owned Delta Enterprises. The firm is reviewing potential cases for the drop side cribs that may have been linked to at least two infant deaths.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued the recalls in cooperation with Delta Enterprise Corp.after findings that 985,000 cribs were manufactured and packaged without safety pegs and an additional 600,000 cribs have a safety peg failure defect. Reports show that the missing safety pegs can lead to the disengagement and detachment of crib locks, creating a dangerous gap. The gap can cause entrapment and suffocation hazards to infants. As of October 21, 2008, there were two reports of infant deaths, two entrapments and nine disengagement incidents in cribs with missing safety pegs.
FIRST RECALL
One recall is for 985,000 cribs manufactured by Delta Enterprise Corp. in Taiwan or Indonesia with the “crib trigger lock with safety peg” drop side design. These cribs were sold at retailers including, but not limited to, Walmart, Kmart and Target.com from January 1995 to September 2007. They may also be found at secondhand retail stores.
Model numbers subject to the recall are: 4320, 4340, 4500, 4520, 4530, 4532, 4540, 4542, 4550, 4551, 4580, 4600, 4620, 4624 (production dates 01/06 thru 11/07), 4640, 4660, 4720, 4735, 4742, 4750 (production dates 01/95 thru 12/00), 4760, 4770, 4780, 4790, 4820, 4840, 4850, 4860, 4880, 4890, 4892, 4900, 4910, 4920, 4925-2, 4925-6, 4930, 4940, 4943, 4944, 4947, 4948, 4949, 4950, 4958, 4963, 4968, 4969, 4980. Check the mattress support label for the crib model number and country of origin.
SECOND RECALL
The second recall is for 600,000 drop side cribs manufactured by the same entity, Delta Enterprise Corp. These cribs have the “crib trigger lock with spring peg” drop side design. These cribs were sold at retailers nationwide in the period from January 2000 to January 2007.
Model numbers subject to the recall are: 4340, 4343, 4520, 4600, 4620, 4624, 4625, 4629, 4660, 4665, 4720, 4750, 4751, 4850, 4855, 4857, 4880, 4920, 4925 -2, 4925-2B, 4925-6, 4980, and 8605. You can locate the model number and country of origin by checking the mattress support label on the crib.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
First, check your crib. If you have a crib affected by the recall, stop using it at once.
Second, call us for a free case evaluation and for help. Attorneys Tim Edwards and Ed Wallis are reviewing cases where infants have been killed or seriously injured as a result of a defective crib. Please contact Tim Edwards and Ed Wallis at 901.527.4673, or send us an email today at tedwards@gewwlaw.com.
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