Simplicity Baby Crib Recall Lawyers

On September 21, 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Simplicity Inc., a supplier of children's products to large retailers such as Wal-Mart, announced a voluntary recall of about one million baby cribs made in China. The cribs' drop-side can detach from the crib and create a gap that increases the risk of suffocation to infants.

At least three infants are known to have died of suffocation after becoming entrapped in their cribs. And, according to the CPSC, seven other infants have been entrapped in the cribs. There have also been more than 50 reports of the cribs' drop-sides detaching.

The problem with the cribs is due to a faulty design that can lead to consumers to accidentally install the drop-sides upside-down. This leads to a weakening of the hardware and eventual detachment of the drop-side from the crib. The infant can then fall into the resulting gap, and get stuck.

The recalled cribs were sold in children's stores, department stores, and mass merchandisers nationwide from January 1998 through May 2007 and carry both Simplicity and Graco logos. The recalled Simplicity brand crib models include:

* Aspen 3 in 1
* Aspen 4 in 1
* Nursery-in-a-Box
* Crib N Changer Combo
* Chelsea and Pooh 4 in 1

The recalled Graco brand crib models include:

* Aspen 3 in 1
* Ultra 3 in 1
* Ultra 4 in 1
* Ultra 5 in 1
* Whitney
* Trio