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Wal-Mart Home Trends Wood Footstools

Below is the October 25, 2006, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announcement regarding the recall of about 165,000 Home Trends wood footstools sold at Wal-Mart.  The footstools can break and collapse, posing a fall hazard.
  
Pritzker | Ruohonen, a premier personal injury law firm, has recovered millions for injury victims, including a recent $6,425,000 settlement for injuries from a dangerous food product.  If you have fallen while using a Home Trends wood footstool sold at Wal-Mart, contact a lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen for a free case evaluation.  You may call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, e-mail info@pritzkerlaw.com or fill out the online, attorney-consultation form.

CPSC October 25, 2006, Recall Announcement: Wal-Mart Recalls Home Trends Footstools for Collapse Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the Wal-Mart Stores Inc., today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using the recalled Home Trends wood stools immediately unless otherwise instructed.
 
Name of Product: Home Trends Wood Footstools
Units: About 165,000
Importer: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of Bentonville, Ark.
Hazard: Due to improper construction, the stool can break and collapse, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Wal-Mart has received nine reports of the footstools breaking. There have been seven reports of injuries, including a broken toe, neck and shoulder soreness, cuts, bruises, swelling, a slight concussion, and whiplash.
Description: The footstool is a natural-colored wood footstool. The standing surface is 11 1/2-inches by 11 1/2-inches with a 4-inch-long oval opening in the center. The stool is 11 1/2-inches tall. The recalled footstool can be identified by a white sticker underneath the step that contains the UPC number 87065900001.
Sold at: Wal-Mart stores exclusively nationwide from December 2005 through September 2006 for about $10.
Manufactured in: Malaysia
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the product and return it to Wal-Mart for a full refund.  [Note from Pritzker | Ruohonen: If you have been injured while using a Home Trend wood footstool sold at Wal-mart, you should contact a product liability lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen immediately for a free evaluation of your case.  You should not return the footstool to Wal-Mart.]


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