The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced recalls of more than 66,000 dressers this summer across multiple brands because they are “unstable” when not wall-anchored and pose tip-over and entrapment hazards that could result in serious injuries or death to children. The safety recalls impact several popular brands, including: DUMOS, Laziza, Winston Porter and [...]
Tip-overs of chests, bureaus and dressers sent an estimated 1,800 children to hospital emergency rooms each year from 2020 through 2022, according to a newly released report by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The “Product Instability or Tip-Over Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Televisions, Furniture, and Appliances: 2023 Report” also found that there were [...]
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 LLC (collectively "IKEA") on behalf of IKEA customers. This class action follows a recall of 8 million MALM chests and [...]
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 lawsuit filed on behalf of a 2-year-old California boy who was fatally injured by a tip-over of an IKEA MALM [...]
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. 27, just two days before consumers hit the stores for Black Friday. The trailer cites the statistic from the Consumer [...]
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 Target stores across the country. The dressers were described as “unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing [...]
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, sold at Walmart stores all over the country, do not comply with the performance requirements of the U.S. voluntary industry [...]
The story of IKEA’s massive recall hit the news cycle heavily last week, warning the owners of 29 million dressers that the products could be placing children at risk. It was the first time many Americans became aware that the popular dressers had been linked to the deaths of at least six children. In reporting [...]
