- Greg Webb | April 20, 2012 8:00 AM | Charlottesville, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Nan Far Woodworking Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, have recalled 16,700 drop-side cribs due to safety hazards to children, including possible...
- Emily Mapp Brannon | October 19, 2011 11:50 AM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Concerns are rising about the potential dangers caused by bumper pads in cribs, prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics to warn the pads pose a danger of suffocation and strangulation to...
- Greg Webb | October 09, 2011 8:30 AM | Charlottesville, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Yu Wei Ltd. of Taiwan, have recalled approximately 8,000 drop-side cribs which were manufactured in Taiwan and imported to the U.S. by J.C....
- Greg Webb | June 03, 2011 7:45 AM | Charlottesville, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that it is recalling 22,000 full size and portable drop-side cribs, manufactured in China, and imported by Dream on Me, Inc., of...
- Greg Webb | February 28, 2011 8:00 AM | Charlottesville, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
During the past year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has initiated recalls of baby cribs, both drop-sided and non-drop-sided cribs. The recalls have also involved crib mattresses...
- Greg Webb | December 17, 2010 10:36 AM | Charlottesville, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
After more than 30 infant and toddler deaths over the past decade, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has finally said enough to the production of drop-side cribs. The CPSC outlawd...
- Greg Webb | June 28, 2010 2:14 PM | Charlottesville, VA
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Defective & Dangerous Products
On Thursday, June 23, the CPSC recalled 2 million drop-side cribs made by multiple manufacturers. The moveable sides of such cribs provide hazards that could result in a child being strangled or...
- Emily Mapp Brannon | February 11, 2010 11:48 AM | Norfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA
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Wrongful Death
More infant deaths have prompted the recall of another half million drop side cribs. This is at least the third such action by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission since October 2009.
The...
- Jim Lewis | October 21, 2009 3:46 PM | Virginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA
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Head & Brain Injuries
Infant car seats save hundreds of babies' lives each year--when the seats remain properly installed in a vehicle. Using car seats to carry infants or hold them while doing chores or taking care of...