Child Safety Lawyers

Our law firm represents families in lawsuits against manufacturers, and we have recovered millions on their behalf. We are currently representing a family whose baby died while in a baby sling/carrier.

We are national child safety lawyers, and attorneys at our firm have been interviewed and quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Lawyers USA and others. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman were named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics (August 2009).

To contact Pritzker Olsen law firm about a baby strangulation lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online form for a free consultation.

Baby Strangulation Lawsuit Information

Our lawyers are passionate about protecting babies. When representing families whose children have been hurt or killed by a defective product, our goals are as follows:

To obtain the most money possible for the family in an attempt to get justice and deter the manufacturer from producing other defective products
To prevent similar injuries and deaths by alerting the public to the problem and seeking legislative and policy changes

When a baby dies by strangulation, several parties may be liable (responsible for paying the family compensation), depending on the facts of the case. If the death involves a defective product, the manufacturer, the owner of the crib (hotel, motel, day care) and others may be liable.

Baby Strangulation in a Crib

Crib Strangulation: Crib strangulation is one of the hazards involved in crib recalls. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) advises particularly against cribs with decorative corner posts that protrude above the crib edge, which can snag clothing and pacifier cords while infants climb up the corner areas of the crib to stand. (The CPSC recommends NEVER tying a pacifier around a child’s neck for these reasons.)

To prevent your baby from getting strangled on a crib corner post:

Get rid of decorative knobs.
Cornerposts should project no more than 1/16 of an inch above end panel.
Check the CPSC children's product recall list to make sure your crib has not been recalled.

Strangulations Involving Other Products

Window Shade and Blind Cords: According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, since 1990, more than 200 infants and young children have died from accidentally strangling in window cords. CPSC recommends using cordless window coverings in homes with young children. If you are not able to replace your window coverings, to prevent your child from being strangled by a window blind cord, either 1) cut the cord above the tassel, remove the equalizer buckle, and add a separate tassel at the end of each cord; or 2) cut the cord above the tassel, remove the equalizer buckle, and add a breakaway tassel which will separate if a child becomes entangled in the loop. To prevent inner cords from benig pulled into a loop, install cord stops as shown at www.windowcoverings.org/how_to_retrofit.html - and, for basic publications visit www.windowcoverings.org.

Crib Toys. To protect your baby from possible strangulation by a crib toy, remove all crib toys which are strung across crib or playpen area when your child is beginning to push up on hands or knees or is 5 months of age, whichever occurs first.

Strollers. NEVER leave a baby unattended in a stroller because the baby may slip into a leg opening, become entrapped by the head, and die. Check the CPSC children's product recall list to make sure your stroller has not been recalled.

Strings, Cords, and Necklaces: NEVER tie pacifiers or other items around your baby's neck. Shirts and jackets recalled due to strangulation risk. Strings, cords, necklaces, and other items tied around the neck can strangle infants. In recent years, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received reports of two to three deaths annually to children under two years old who were strangled by strings, cords, ribbons, or necklaces around their necks. Most of the deaths involved pacifiers tied around the baby's neck. Many of the others involved necklaces. Usually, the string, cord, or necklace became caught on some product such as a crib or playpen. In other cases, the string or cord became tightly wrapped or twisted around the baby's neck.

Suffocations involving other products

Infant Cushions: Suffocation Hazard CPSC banned the infant cushion in 1992. Destroy any infant cushions still in consumers' homes. In 1992, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned infant cushions that were involved in 36 infant suffocations. The Commission took action previously to remove existing products from the marketplace and from consumers. The CPSC's action stemmed from the concern that other manufacturers might begin production of the same or simi-lar products. A ban of infant cushions can assure that this product does not reappear into the marketplace. A death that occurred two years after the initial recall announcement underscores that infant cushions not destroyed may find their way back into infant use at a later date.

Air Mattresses: Never place infants to sleep on air mattresses. Since 2002, CPSC has received reports of 16 tragic deaths, mostly infants younger than 8 months of age who were placed to sleep on air mattresses: 11 suffocated in a face down position on an air mattress and 5 died due to suffocation after falling into gaps between the mattress and bed frame and mattress and adjacent furniture or wall. Even properly inflated air mattresses are usually too soft for infants to maintain a clear airway.

Beds: The CPSC has reports of more than 100 deaths of children under age 2, most from suffocation, associated with features of adult beds. These deaths involve an entrapment, a fall, or a situation in which bedding or the position of the child was related to the death. Nearly all of the children, 98%, were babies under 1 year old.

Mesh-Sided Playpens: Defective playpens may not lock securely and may collapse. Parents should always check to make sure the sides of a collapsible playpen are secure before use. If one side unintentionally collapses, the lowered position forms a hazardous "pocket" or "gap" that the baby may become entrapped in and suffocate.

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Pritzker Olsen law firm is recognized nationally in the areas of product liability, personal injury and wrongful death. Attorneys at the firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications.

If your child has died or suffered brain damage that you believe was caused by a defective product or another's negligence, please contact our law firm:

Phone - 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free)
Email our law firm (only our lawyers open these messages)
Susbmit our free case consultation form

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