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Recall of Infant Musical Toy Chair

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls dangerous and defective products. If you or a family member has been harmed by a Fisher-Price Infant Musical Toy Chair and need product liability lawyers with experience, contact Pritzker | Ruohonen. Our senior partner, personal injury lawyer Fred Pritzker, has had 29 years of experience and a record of success, including a recent settlement for $3,750,000 in a case involving a recalled recreational vehicle. He has been selected by other lawyers to be included in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

We hope this CPSC press release will be helpful to you. To learn about lawsuits involving dangerous and defective products, please see Product Liability.

Fisher-Price Recalls Infant Musical Toy Chair Posing Strangulation Hazard
Jnauary 18, 2006--The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Fisher-Price, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Fisher-Price® Laugh & Learn™ Musical Learning Chair™

Units: About 614,000

Manufacturer: Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: A child can become lodged between the seatback and side table of the chair, possibly leading to an entrapment of the neck. This can pose a strangulation hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: Fisher-Price has received three reports of young children getting their necks lodged between the seatback and the side table of the toy, including one report of a child receiving a welt on the neck.

Description: The recalled Laugh & Learn Musical Learning Chair is a plastic infant toy that measures about 17 inches high. It plays music and teaches children numbers and letters. It also features a blue chair with four green plastic legs and a side table with a purple base and white top. The table holds a clock, book, and a lamp. Smiley faces are displayed on the lamp and seat back. “Fisher-Price” is written on the front of the chair. The packaging states that the toy is intended for children 12 months through 36 months of age. The model numbers are H4609, H7167 through H7173, H8157, H8998, and J0272 through J0275 can be found on the underside of the seat of the chair.

Sold by: Discount department and toy stores nationwide from May 2005 through January 2006 for about $27.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should take the recalled musical chair away from children immediately and contact Fisher-Price to receive a free repair kit that contains a plastic piece that connects in between the seatback and side table, preventing the possibility of entrapment.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06068.html

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