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Fisher-Price Recalls Snuga Swings After Five Infant Deaths

In a recall that one federal safety regulator has characterized as “doomed to fail,” Fisher-Price is offering its customers $25 to remove components from its Snuga Swings — which have been linked to five infant deaths — instead of offering a meaningful remedy that would get this unsafe product out of people’s homes. On October 10, 2024, Fisher-Price announced the recall …

Lawmakers Seek to Address Supersized Vehicles That Kill Pedestrians

Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at reducing the number of pedestrians who are killed and seriously injured in crashes with supersized passenger vehicles. Recent government data show that there are more than 40,000 fatal car crashes per year in the United States. Between 2013 and 2022, pedestrian fatalities increased 57 percent from 4,779 to 7,522, according to the National Highway …

CPSC Warns Against Two Cradle Swings That Pose Suffocation and Fall Hazards

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents and caregivers to stop using DNYSYSJ and OUKANING cradle swings due to the risk of suffocation and falls. According to the CPSC, the cradle swings violate federal safety regulations for bassinets and cradles. The warning, issued on August 15, 2024, states that the “folds” of the cradle swing’s segmented sleeping pad …

Neptune’s Fix Recalled: FDA Warns That Tianeptine-Containing Products Are Associated with Seizures, Loss of Consciousness and Death

When 32-year-old graphic designer Matthew Cornier decided to work late at his Point Pleasant, New Jersey, office, he went to a convenience store and purchased several shot-size bottles of Neptune’s Fix, a purported dietary supplement sold with a claim that it will improve mental focus. Several hours later Matthew was found dead in his office by his fiancée. The bottles of …

CPSC Warns Against Multiple Infant Loungers After Five Deaths

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using five brands of baby loungers that violate federal safety regulations and are linked to the deaths of five infants. The loungers were sold online on Amazon and Walmart under the brand names Mamibaby, Yoocaa, DHZJM, Cosy Nation and Hyhuudth. The CPSC believes that all five loungers were …

Study: Water Bead-Related ER Visits by Kids Increased Over 130% in One Year

Water bead-related emergency room visits by children increased by over 130 percent — from 55 visits in 2021 to 127 in 2022 — according to a new study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Water beads are made of super-absorbent polymer crystals which can retain hundreds of times their weight in water. The beads — which are widely marketed …

1.5 Million Medline Adult Bed Rails Recalled After Two Entrapment Deaths

Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling 1.5 million adult portable bed rails that have been linked to the entrapment deaths of two senior citizens. The recall comes less than two months after another medical supply company, Essential Medical Supply, re-announced its recall of 272,000 bed rails in the wake of multiple entrapment deaths. On May 30, 2024, Medline in conjunction …

Joybuy Infant Sling Carriers Recalled Due to Suffocation, Fall Hazards

A decade after Feldman Shepherd product liability attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann and Edward S. Goldis successfully litigated two cases that led to the recall of one million infant sling carriers that suffocated babies, similar baby carriers have re-entered the marketplace and have once again caught the attention of federal safety regulators. On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Consumer …

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Federal Lawmakers Introduce ‘Esther’s Law’ to Ban Deadly Water Beads and Protect Kids

May 13th, 2024

Feldman Shepherd Represents Family of 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard, for Whom the Bill Was Named. Esther Died After Swallowing a Single Water Bead. Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy …

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Retailers Halt Sales of Weighted Infant Sleep Sacks, Swaddles and Blankets After ‘Multiple Infant Deaths’ Reported

May 10th, 2024

Several major retailers including Amazon, Target, Walmart, Nordstrom and Babylist have announced that they will stop selling weighted infant sleep sacks, swaddles and blankets after receiving a letter from Richard L. Trumka, Jr., a commissioner at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), alerting them …

Med Mal Cases Arising From Suicide: Dispensing the Myths and Removing the Stigma

May 9th, 2024

Medical treatment can affect the outcome of mental health issues, the same as with any other medical condition, and the law is finally catching up for cases where negligent mental health treatment results in suicide. This article, authored by Mark W. Tanner and Bethany R. …

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Adult Bed Rails: A ‘Safety Device’ with a Record of Entrapment, Asphyxiation Deaths

May 1st, 2024

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has re-announced the recall of four models of Endurance Hand Bed Rails in the wake of two deaths linked to the rails since they were first recalled in December 2021. While the recall is limited to these …

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Another Reason Why Water Bead Toys Are Dangerous — Toxic Chemical Hazard

April 9th, 2024

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents about two brands of water bead toys that contain high levels of a toxic chemical. The two new warnings add to mounting concerns over water beads, which look fun and harmless, but are sending thousands of …

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Can healthcare fraud serve as a basis for whistleblower lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act?

March 15th, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, more than $1.8 billion of the $2.68 billion recovered under the False Claim Act came from defendants in the healthcare industry. This figure made healthcare fraud the leading basis for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. Healthcare fraud recoveries protect some of …

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Historical High for False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments in Fiscal Year 2023

March 6th, 2024

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Justice and whistleblowers secured more than $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act. This massive haul came as the result of an historic 543 settlements and judgments. There has not been another year with …

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Consumer Reports Calls for Recall of ‘Ingenuity Dream’ and ‘Halo BassiNest’ Bassinets Amid Reports of Dangerous Tilt

February 16th, 2024

Consumer Reports is calling for federal regulators to recall two bedside bassinets amid mounting complaints by parents that they have a tilted sleep surface which is causing their babies to roll into unsafe sleep positions. Both the Ingenuity Dream & Grow Bedside Bassinet, made by Kids2, …

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Speed Cameras on Roosevelt Boulevard Are Here to Stay

February 2nd, 2024

Traffic safety advocates — including an advocate with a special connection to Feldman Shepherd — scored a major victory in their fight to reduce a crisis of fatal accidents on Roosevelt Boulevard. On December 14, 2023, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a new law that makes speed …