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Sportsstuff Wego Kite Tube Recall

Below is the CPSC recall notice regarding the Sportsstuff Kite Tube. The kite tube is allegedly responsible for at least 39 injury accidents. Pritzker | Ruohonen, a premier product liability law firm, is representing several people injured by Wego kite tubes.  The firm is reprinting the CPSC recall as a public service. Pritzker | Ruohonen is recognized nationally in the area of product recalls and recently settled an injury case involving a recalled product for $3,750,000. Lawyer Fred Pritzker has been practicing law for 30 years and was selected by other lawyers for inclusion in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact a lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen, call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, e-mail info@pritzkerlaw.com, or fill in our online consultation form

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Sportsstuff Wego Kite Tubes Withdrawn from Market after Reports of Deaths and Injuries 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska is voluntarily recalling about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes.
CPSC staff is aware of 39 injury incidents with 29 of those resulting in medical treatment. Those injuries include a broken neck, punctured lung, chest and back injuries and facial injuries. Sportsstuff has received reports of two deaths in the United States and a variety of serious injuries. Sportsstuff has been unable to determine the cause of the incidents. Nevertheless, the company has withdrawn the kite tube from the market and is undertaking this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution.

The Sportsstuff Wego Kite Tube is a 10-foot-wide, circular, yellow inflatable watercraft designed to be towed behind a power boat. A rider in the tube becomes airborne by pulling on handles attached to the floor of the tube. Model 53-5000 is printed on the tube near the product valve. The floor of the tube has black caution warning stripes. The cover for the product bears a skull and crossbones and the statement “Never Kite higher than you are willing to fall.” The tubes were imported and sold through marine distributors, mail order catalogs, and various retailers from approximately October 1, 2005 to July 11, 2006 for about $500 to $600.

Consumers should immediately stop using the kite tubes and contact Sportsstuff at (866) 831-5524 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST Monday through Friday to learn how to obtain free replacement products. Consumers can also visit the firm’s Web site at www.sportsstuff.com for more information.  [Note from Pritzker | Ruohonen: If you have been injured by one of the recalled kite tubes, you should consult a lawyer and not contact the company.]

Source: CPSC Recall Announcement, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06210.html.

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More information:  

1. National Park Service news release regarding kite tubing with Wego Kite Tube
2. CPSC warning of dangers of tube kiting
3. Wego Kite Tube lawsuit information
4. Opinion piece written by Fred Pritzker

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