2.1 million Stork Craft Drop-Side Cribs Being Recalled Following Reports of Infant Suffocation

The Consumer Safety Product Commission (CSPC) announced Monday that more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs manufactured by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled following reports of four infant suffocations. Nearly 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo. It is the biggest crib recall in U.S. history.

The cribs are referred to as "drop-side" cribs because they have a side that moves up and down to allow parents to lift children from the cribs more easily. However, defects in the construction of the cribs can cause the drop-side to detach, thereby creating a dangerous space between the drop-side and the crib mattress, where a child can become trapped.

Stork Craft is offering parents a free repair kit that will convert the drop-side into a fixed side. ASTM International, an organization that sets voluntary industry safety standards, approved a new standard last week that requires four immovable, or fixed, sides for full-size cribs. The CPSC is considering making the ASTM standard mandatory, which would effectively ban drop-side cribs. Meanwhile, Toys-R-Us will stop carrying drop-side cribs as of next month.

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Tom D'Amore is the founder of D'Amore Law Group and a trial attorney with over 30 years of experience representing injured people and their families across the West Coast, securing more than $325 million in recoveries. He handles cases involving car accidents, trucking accidents, construction injuries, medical malpractice, and sexual abuse. Licensed in Oregon, Washington, and California, Tom is the only NBTA board-certified truck accident attorney in Oregon. He is a national Board of Governors member, past Executive Committee member, and past Budget and Audit Chair of the American Association for Justice, as well as past President of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice.