Prepac Recalls 21,000 Dressers Due to Tip-Over Risk, But No Refund for Customers
In what is likely to go down in the annals of furniture recalls as a fundamentally flawed and inadequate remedy, furniture maker Prepac has recalled about 21,000 unsafe and unstable dressers without offering any meaningful [...]
Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit for Consumer Damages in Connection with IKEA’s Recall of Nearly 30 Million Dressers
PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 2020 -- The law firms of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP and Francis Mailman Soumilas, filed a class action lawsuit against IKEA US Retail LLC and IKEA North America Services [...]
IKEA DRESSER TIP-OVER CASE SETTLES FOR $46 MILLION; IKEA AGREES TO EXPAND EFFORTS TO RECALL UNSTABLE DRESSERS
The settlement is believed to be the largest child wrongful death recovery in American history. Plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP has secured a $46 million settlement of a [...]
NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON DRESSER TIP-OVERS
A documentary series by Netflix covering dangerous consumer products in a handful of industries shines a spotlight on a growing epidemic of dresser tip-overs in the U.S. “Broken” aired on the streaming platform on Nov. [...]
The IKEA Dresser Tip-Over Litigation: Helping Clients and Consumers Across America
On May 24, 2017, a father entered the bedroom of his two-year-old son, Jozef, to check on him as he took his nap. He encountered a sight that no parent should ever see: an IKEA [...]
IKEA Malm Dresser Tip-Over Claims the Life of Another 2-Year-Old Boy: Feldman Shepherd Retained by Family
An IKEA dresser has claimed the life of yet another 2-year-old boy. On May 24, 2017, Jozef Dudek, was put down for a nap by his father in their home in Buena Park, California. When [...]
Recall alert: Dressers from Target can harm your children
Target is recalling 180,000 4-drawer dressers from their Room Essentials brand, according to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission released on September 13, 2017. The recalled dressers were sold both online and at [...]
Massive National Recall of Walmart Dressers due to Tip-Over Risk
On Wednesday, September 6th, 2017, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Ameriwood Home issued a recall of their Mainstays chests of drawers due to serious tip-over and entrapment hazards. These dressers, [...]
