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When it comes to the safety of children, nothing is more important. This can be ensured by holding companies to a high standard of producing and marketing safe products. Defective children’s products attorneys at David Payne Law are representing victims and their families in order to get the peace of mind they deserve.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Dorel Juvenile Group announced on December 18, 2009 the recall of 447,000 infant car seat/carriers.

When used as an infant carrier, the child restraint handle can become loose and fall off. This poses a fall hazard for infants and is unacceptable. Dorel has already received numerous reports of this occurring and resulting in serious injuries.

The recalled products were sold between January 2008 and December 2009 and include:
• Safety 1st Sojourn Travel System
o Model # - 22-057 DBY, 22-085 DWA, 22-057 CLN, 22-057 HRT, 22-322 HRR, 22-322 PTK, 22-057 LPH, 22-085 LYN
• Safety 1st Eurostar Travel System
o Model # - 22-322 KDL, 22-322 LXI, 22-322 OLY, 22-322 PRS, 22-322 MAI, 22-325 COB, 22-095 RBK
• Safety 1st Lite Wave Travel System
o Model # - 22-380 LGA, 22-380 MSA
• Safety 1st Vector Travel System
o Model # - 22-627 WAV, 2-325 PAC
• Cosco Sprint Travel System
o Model # - 22-300 FZN, 22-300 OSF, 22-300 CSF, 22-300 JJV, 22-30 THD, 22-300 TWD
• Disney Propack Travel System
o 22-627 AWF, 22-355 LBF, 22-305 NAB, 22-305 PPH, 22-355 PWK
• Eddie Bauer Adventurer Travel System
o 22-627 CGT, 22-627 FRK, 22-627 SNW, 22-WPR
• Eddie Bauer Endeavor Travel System
o 22-627KGS, 22-655BYTE

The model number and manufacture date are located on the side of the car seat/carrier. These seat/carriers were sold in a travel system. The stroller portion of this system is not affected by this recall.

If a loved one you know has suffered serious personal injuries or death due to a defect or malfunction in a product, please contact a Missouri product liability lawyer at David Payne Law.

Contact David Payne anytime at 417.847.7516 for a free and confidential phone consultation.

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Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) issued a defective children’s product recall for about 28,350 of their child restraint systems on July 15, 2009, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

This defective product recall involves certain models of Maxi-Cosi Mico Infant Child Restraint Systems.

•Maxi-Cosi / 22-371 (Mico)
•Maxi-Cosi / 22-372 (Mico)
•Maxi-Cosi / 22-515 (Mico)

This recall is in response to interference between the mounting bracket and the base caused by warping of the base or inadequate mating between the shell and the base mounting bracket can result in difficulty attaching or detaching the shell from the base. Consequently, if the shell is improperly mounted to the base, then the child could be seriously injured or killed in the event of an accident.

DJG will notify all registered owners and will send a new mico base to owners of the affetcted seats at no charge. For more information you may contact DJG at 1.877.657.9546 or NHTSA at 1.888.327.4236.

Defective children’s products can include manufacturing defects, design defects, deceptive marketing, and mislabeling of products. Improper warnings and/or instructions on the packaging of a children’s product can cause devastating personal injuries to our nation’s youth. If a product is proven to be defective, then the manufacturer can be held legally responsible for the victim’s losses.

If your child has suffered personal injuries or death because of a defective children’s product, you are well-advised to contact a Missouri product liability attorney at David Payne Law, LLC. David can help you receive compensation for your injuries and reimbursement for repairs and/or replacements of products.

Contact David Payne anytime at 417.847.7516 for a complimentary, no-obligation consultation. David will outline your legal options and advise you in the direction that will best benefit you.

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BabySwede, LLC issued a defective children’s product recall for about 6,500 of their bouncer chairs on July 28, 2009, according to a report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

This recall is because of small, sharp metal objects found in the padded area of the bouncer chair protruding through to the child. This causes a serious laceration hazard for children sitting in the chair. These chairs were sold by merchants and retailers nationwide, online retailers, and catalogs from September 2008 to July 2009 for anywhere from $170 to $190.

This defective bouncer chair recall involves certain models of BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance and BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance Air bouncer chairs that include:

BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance:

•Black/Red; Model #009064US
•Black/Silver; Model #009065US
•Dark Blue/Blue; Model #009066US
•Brown/Beige; Model #009069US

BabyBjörn® Babysitter Balance Air:

•White; Model 009001US

Consumers should immediately stop using both the Babysitter Balance and Babysitter Balance Air bouncer chairs. Missouri product liability attorneys would advise you to keep your defective children’s product in its defective condition so it can be inspected and used to help you receive the maximum compensation for the damages you or your child may have suffered.

For additional information on the recall, please contact BabySwede, LLC at 866.424.0200 anytime or visit www.babyswede.com.

Defective children’s products can include manufacturing defects, design defects, deceptive marketing, and mislabeling of products. Improper warnings and/or instructions on the packaging of a children’s product can cause devastating personal injuries to our nation’s youth. If a product is proven to be defective, then the manufacturer can be held legally responsible for the victim’s losses.

If your child has suffered personal injuries or death because of a defective children’s product, you are well-advised to contact a Missouri product liability attorney at David Payne Law, LLC. David can help you receive compensation for your injuries and reimbursement for repairs and/or replacements of products.

Contact David Payne anytime at 417.847.7516 for a complimentary, no-obligation consultation. David will outline your legal options and advise you in the direction that will best benefit you.

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To this father of three children who get strapped in each time they get into a car with a safety seat, the thought that seat itself could cause unnecessary and tragic injuries is gut wrenching. But the corporations that make many of these seats make decisions to cut corners that put children's lives at risk. Theses corporations cut corners to make more money knowing their decisions will cost lives and cause unnecessary injuries. These corporations must be forced to allows keep "safety first."

Child Safety Seat and Restraint Failures

Plaintiff's lawyers--like myself--can keep these corporations honest by pursuing aggressively lawsuits when a child has been unnecessarily harmed, hurt, injured, or even killed by a seat that has been improperly designed by the maker of the seat in order to make more money for themselves. If your child has been hurt will in a child safety seat contact David Payne Law now to discuss whether you have a case and to get information that will help.

Undeniable truth: Literature and scientific studies from around the globe prove when children are properly restrained in well designed child safety seats or child restraint devices they can literally walk away from the most violent of wrecks without suffering any serious injuries.
The sad truth: In the United States, car wrecks are the leading cause of serious injury or death for children. Some . . . but certainly not all . . . of the child safety seats sold in the United States are defective and unreasonably dangerous.

If your child has been injured by a child safety seat and/or by a problem with your vehicle's restraint system, call David Payne Law and get advice and assistance to help evaluate with you have a case.

Automobile seats are designed to protect vehicle occupants when wrecks happen. The seats are considered to be a major component of the restraint system. Yet in too many vehicles on the road today, weak, poorly designed seats fail and collapse in even low speed wrecks, endangering the lives of not only seat occupants, but people seated behind the collapsing seats and the child safety seats that are attached to these seats. How in the world can this be? Don' the people who sold me my mini van know that my children will be in here? Aren't there governmental safety standards that require automobile seats to meet certain requirements? PLEASE can someone help!

There is a federal safety standard applicable to seat strength. Unfortunately, these standards are outdated, weak standards that need to be updated to meet today's advanced technology. Recognizing this, some automobile manufacturers equip their vehicles with seats that vastly exceed the strength requirements in the largely meaningless federal standard. Many manufacturers, however, do not . . . as a result, the seats in their vehicles are dangerous safety hazards.

Help all of America's children by seeking the advice of an attorney if you think you may of a case.

All child safety seat and restraint failure cases are handled on a contingent fee basis. We do not receive any attorneys' fees unless we are able to obtain a verdict or settlement.

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Defective baby and child car seats have resulted in thousands of injuries and countless deaths of children and babies. Lawyers accross the country are fighting back. If you think you may have a case, contact an experienced attorney now. Remember: Knowledge is Power!

Defective Child Car Seats & Child Safety Seats ~ State Laws on Requirements

Defective child and baby car seats tend to have fundamental design problems that lead to their inability to properly protect a baby or infant. These design flaws are often the result of money saving decisions of the manufacturor. Oftentimes, faulty mechanisms (buckling devices, harnesses, and even the padding of the seat itself) have been found defective in several baby seat models. These defects have resulted in the recall of millions of units nationwide.

A defective child car seat may not properly protect the infant or child from harm during an accident and in some cases can cause greater harm to the infant than if he or she wasn't in the seat at all. Always, make sure to preserve the car seat and keep it in your possession. If it is not in your possession, get the seat back!

Several important steps toward safety have been taken by the government and retailers, but many infants, babies, and children still suffer needless and senseless injuries. If your child has suffered an injury during an auto accident and was properly riding in a child car seat, you should contact David Payne Law to discuss whether a defective child car seat resulted in your injuries and for a free consultation.

Because injuries involving children and infants can be particularly severe, by hiring David Payne Law you will recieve prompt action and personal attention to your case should my law firm be hired. My clients have been awarded substantial amounts for their emotional suffering in cases involving children.

Because defects are often not discovered before (or even at the time) the accident takes place, the safety of a car seat is unpredictable. An attorney from my firm, and possibly lawyers from firms I associate with, will provide a free and thorough investigation into your particular case. I undertake such cases free of charge until we are successful in obtaining a verdict or settlement. My fee comes only from a precentage amount of your award.

A Missouri lawyer will give you a free and confidential evaluation. Consultations involve no obligation to hire David Payne Law but will fully outline your rights and any paths of legal action you may have. If your child has been hurt in an auto accident, contact the law firm of DAVID PAYNE LAW today.

Call 417.847.7516 to speak with an experienced personal injury attorney if you or a loved one has been injured. Free, No-obligation Consultations: we're paid only when we win your claim.

Car Seat Recalls ~ Knowledge Is Power & You only get one chance at Justice!

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