Global toy manufacturer Fisher Price, owned by Mattel, has recently recalled a product that has been deemed a fatality hazard by the companies. The product is their Rock-N-Play sleeper and approximately 4.7 million of them have been sold in the United States since 2009. If your child has been injured, or died, as a result of this unsafe product please contact our defective product attorneys handling Fisher Price Rock N Play lawsuits in Delaware, Maryland and the entire United States. Our Delaware product liability attorneys handle these types of claims, and other accident, injury and wrongful death cases, on a contingency fee basis meaning they charge nothing if they do not recover for you and your family. In addition, they will thoroughly review your case free of charge. Contact them by clicking here. Being former insurance defense attorneys they have the skills, experience and resources to obtain justice for your child. They will put all of those elements, and more, to work for your family and get you the benefits and financial compensation you are entitled to.
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What You Need To Know About The Fisher Price Rock N Play Recall
- The Rock ‘n Play was first introduced to the U.S. market in October 2009 by Fisher-Price and Mattel, Inc. First and foremost if you purchased this product please visit cpsc.gov for recall and refund information.
2. Due to the defective design of the Rock ‘n Play, the product is inclined at a dangerous angle, causing children placed in the Rock ‘n Play to be lying at a dangerous incline.
3. The Rock ‘n Play was designed, marketed, sold, and manufactured by Fisher Price & Mattel.
4. Due to the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play, children placed in the Rock ‘n Play are forced to tilt their heads to one side, thereby increasing the risk of neck injuries, head injuries, asphyxiation, suffocation, accidental or wrongful death.
5. Due to the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play, children placed in the Rock ‘n Play are forced to lie at a degree of incline which causes their heads to pitch at angles, thereby increasing the risk of neck and head injuries, asphyxiation, suffocation, and death.
6. Due to the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play, children in the Rock ‘n Play are restricted to one sleep position for multiple hours, greatly increasing the risk that children placed in or sleeping in the Rock ‘n Play will suffocate, asphyxiate, suffer head and neck injuries, and/or die.
7. Due to the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play, it causes infants in it to be stuck in positions in which they are unable to breathe.
8. Due to the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play, the incline and shape of the device causes infants’ heads to pitch at angles that impair the infant’s ability to breathe.
9. Due to the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play, it causes infants in it to suffocate, asphyxiate, or experience airway obstruction due to the positions and angles the defective design of the Rock ‘n Play causes infants’ bodies to assume while placed in the device.
10. The Defendants marketed, advertised, and sold the Rock ‘n Play as a product that infants could be placed in or sleep in when the Defendants knew or should have known that placing infants in a bassinet with the degree of incline and design of the Rock ‘n Play could cause infants to suffer catastrophic injuries or death.
11. Before and during their sale and marketing of the Rock ‘n Play, the Defendants knew or should have known that the defective and unreasonably dangerous design of the Rock ‘n Play could cause infants to asphyxiate because the angle or incline of the Rock ‘n Play caused infants’ airways to be blocked, caused infants to be lying at a dangerous incline and angle, caused infants to assume positions that cause suffocation, asphyxiation, and/or death, and caused infants to become stuck in positions in which they were unable to breathe.
12. In marketing and advertising the Rock ‘n Play, the Defendants provided Rock ‘n Plays to mothers, for free, in exchange for these mothers writing favorable reviews that praised the Rock ‘n Play as a safe and effective product for infant sleep.
13. From 2009 up until the Rock ‘n Play was recalled in April 2019, the Defendants knew or should have known that the design, shape, and makeup of the Rock ‘n Play caused, and increased the risk of causing, permanent and catastrophic injuries to the infants being placed in the Rock ‘n Play, including suffocation, asphyxiation, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (“SIDS”), developmental delays, cognitive delays, neurological impairment, mental deficits, disfigurement, deformity, speech problems, and death.
14. Despite knowing that the design, shape, and makeup of the Rock ‘n Play caused, and increased the risk of causing, permanent and catastrophic injuries and death to hundreds of infants using the Rock ‘n Play, the Defendants continued to market, sell, advertise, and tout the Rock ‘n Play as a safe product.
Despite knowing that the design, shape, and makeup of the Rock ‘n Play caused, and increased the risk of causing, permanent and catastrophic injuries and death to infants using the Rock ‘n Play, for years the Defendants knowingly, purposely, and consciously concealed its knowledge of the serious dangers associated with the Rock ‘n Play from the public, customers, parents, and owners of the Rock ‘n Play.
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