By Sarah King
Fisher-Price Rockers Lead to 13 Infant Deaths Popular baby gear and toy company, Fisher-Price, and US regulators issue a warning after the death of 13 infants between 2009 and 2021. The Infant-to-Toddler and Newborn-to-Toddler rockers are dangerous to infants. After the babies fell asleep inside the rockers was when the deaths occurred. A new rule […]
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Families of Sandy Hook Victims Settle for $73 Million with Gunmaker, Remington After almost 10 years have passed since the tragic Sandy Hook massacre that took the lives of 20 children and 6 adults, nine of the families secured a $73 million recovery against Remington, the maker of the AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre. […]
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On Monday, June 7, 2021, a Philadelphia jury awarded seven-year-old “Baby J” Yasovsky a $4.1 million medical malpractice verdict for permanent injuries he sustained as the result of negligent ptosis surgery at CHOP, which resulted in a corneal abrasion and permanent corneal scar and impacted the vision in his left eye when he was 17 […]
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Last week, Peloton, the multi-billion dollar at-home fitness company most known for its brand of interactive exercise bikes, recalled its Tread and Tread+ model treadmills after the machines were linked to dozens of injuries and the tragic death of a six-year-old child. Weeks before, The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) had urged Peloton to move […]
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Childhelp is a child advocacy organization founded in 1976 by two Hollywood actresses, Sara O’Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, in an effort to shed light on the epidemic of child abuse in the United States. Today, the organization aims to meet the needs of abused and/or neglected children through prevention, intervention, treatment, and community outreach. Part […]
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In February of this year, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy in Federal Court in Delaware in response to mounting liability from child sexual abuse cases. The organization faced 275 lawsuits in state and federal courts plus at least 1,400 additional potential claims. As part of these bankruptcy proceedings, funds were set […]
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Tragedy struck in Southwest Philly last Friday after a fire broke out in a Bonnaffon Street row home, claiming the lives of a 40-year-old woman and her 4-year-old and 1-year-old grandsons. Firefighters arrived at the 2000 block of Bonnaffon Street just after 6:30pm on Friday, March 27th to heavy flames emerging from second story windows. […]
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Earlier this month, IKEA issued a recall of nearly one million KULLEN 3-drawer dressers for posing tip-over and entrapment hazards. The recall came after numerous reports of furniture tip-over incidents that resulted in minor injuries to consumers. About a month-or-so before that recall, the Swedish furniture retailer agreed to pay $46M to settle a wrongful […]
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Representatives from Penn State Children’s Hospital in Hershey spoke with reporters this week about a recent uptick in injuries to children, likely due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has closed schools and non-essential business across the country. Experts at the hospital explained that this time of year usually only brought in one or two pediatric […]
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