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As many parents and guardians know, young children require and use many kinds of products during the infant, toddler, and childhood stages of their lives. These consumer goods can leave children vulnerable to injury if they contain dangerous design or manufacturing flaws. Parents rely on companies to design and produce children’s items that offer minimal to zero risk of harm to their children. However, defective children’s products do exist and can cause significant injury, and in the worst cases, even death.
Children are not fearful in the same way as adults are about the risks of using certain kinds of products. Due to this, children are at risk to suffer harm if they get their hands on a defective product or toy.
Unfortunately, not all manufacturers operate with the same level of caution and adhere to appropriate standards to ensure their children’s products are completely safe for kids of all ages to touch and use.
At Kisling, Nestico & Redick, our child injury attorneys work vigorously to protect the rights of injured children and help their families secure the compensation they are owed. If your child has suffered an injury due to negligence involving defective children’s products, we can help.
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Children’s Products and Product Liability Law
Defective toys and children’s products can place innocent children at risk for tragic injury or even death. These types of products are often the subjects of product liability lawsuits.
Unless manufacturers, distributors, and sellers take proper action concerning the safety of the children’s products they create and/or offer to customers, they are vulnerable to a product liability lawsuit. This includes providing proper warning to customers regarding any dangers connected with using their products.
The types of defective children’s product issues for which sellers, distributors, and manufacturers may be held responsible include:
- Design defects
- Manufacturing defects
- Failure to properly label children’s products
- Inadequate or zero warning of potential dangers
- Incomplete or faulty product instructions
- Failure to adhere to product warranties
Types of Defective Children’s Product Issues
A range of negative issues can be associated with defective children’s products. These include:
- Mercury poisoning
- Recalled toys that caused injury
- Child crib injuries
- Bicycle helmet injuries
- Products that constitute strangulation/choking hazards
- Lead paint poisoning
- Defective trampolines
- Playground equipment causing injuries
- Flawed sports equipment causing injuries
- Toys assigned to an inappropriate age group
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