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Toy Chest Dangerous, Lawsuit Claims
Toy Chest Dangerous, Lawsuit Claims
Posted by: Larry Lapidus
March 10, 2010
Retail giant Target has been named in a lawsuit by a Butler County, Penn., family who claim a wicker trunk they bought from the store and used as a toy chest trapped their toddler daughter's neck and left her in a vegetative state. Eric and Laura Surman say in the lawsuit that the lid of the trunk snapped down on their daughter's neck, cutting off oxygen to her brain. She suffered a severe lack of oxygen to the brain, resulting in spastic quadriplegia, severe psychomotor mental retardation. The lawsuit claims Target should have inserted a lid support on the chest or put a warning label on the product, and that Target has known for years that the trunks were potentially hazardous. - Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041229-54.stm
