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According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), approximately one million Simplicity brand cribs are being recalled after three infants died and seven others were trapped when the drop-side of cribs detached causing a very dangerous gap. These failures in the crib's drop side are due to hardware and design flaws that allow consumers to unintentionally install the drop side upside down. This installation could weaken the hardware and cause the drop side to detach from the crib. The gap created by the detachment could lead to entrapment and suffocation of infants.

Three children (ages 9 months, 6 months and 1 year) have died in cribs using the older-style hardware that had the drop side installed upside down. The 1-year-old was in a Simplicity crib with the newer-style hardware with the installation upside down, also. The CPSC has also been notified of seven other infant entrapments and a total of 55 incidents thus far involving the cribs. The cribs in these cases were made in China and sold in department stores, children's stores and mass merchandisers in the United States from January 1998 to May 2007.

As an immediate precaution, the CPSC urges that consumers with the Simplicity cribs check them carefully and make sure the drop-side is installed right side up and is securely attached to the tracks in all four corners.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed by any defective product in Philadelphia or anywhere in Pennsylvania, please contact one of the Product Liability attorneys at Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis today to schedule an initial consultation.