Indiana Product Liability Lawyers have Question for Maclaren after Massive Stroller Recall
Maclaren is a name that’s probably more familiar to Indiana parents than product liability lawyers. These expensive, sturdy-looking strollers have been the preferred choice for millions of parents around the country, who have depended on these to cart their little bundles of joy everywhere. This week however, there was major cause for concern after Maclaren USA announced that it was recalling about a million baby strollers because of the risk of finger amputations.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Maclaren USA has received at least 15 reports of children placing their fingers in the stroller hinge mechanism. In at least 12 those cases, the children got their finger tips amputated or suffered other finger injuries when the stroller was folded or opened up. The CPSC has asked consumers to stop using these strollers immediately, and contact the company for a free repair kit that will fix the hinge problem.
As Indiana product liability lawyers, we would like to ask the one burning question that parents around the country want to know from the stroller manufacturer - Why did the company wait until it found out about 12 injured children to get its strollers of the market?
We may not get any answers from Maclaren anytime soon. The company seems to have its hands full dealing with frantic parents who have crashed the company’s website and overloaded its toll free number, seeking answers to their stroller queries. The company is also dealing with an international backslash from customers in the UK, Canada and Australia who want to know why the strollers are not being recalled in their countries too.
It seems negligent that the company waited for 12 children to have their fingertips sliced off before taking any action. Even if Maclaren assumed that parents were not likely to allow their children to place their fingers in the hinge mechanism, they should have allowed for the exuberance of kids, and children being taken out by older siblings or grandparents, who might not be able to keep a firm hand on the child.
The Indiana product liability attorneys at Theodoros & Rooth represent victims injured by the use of defective products in Merrillville, and around the state of Indiana.
