U.S. authorities were reported looking into a possible design flaw link between two baby deaths and a popular bassinet.

The Chicago Tribune says the deaths came about a year apart, one involving a 4-month-old Noel, Mo., girl last September and a 6-month-old girl last week in Shawnee, Kan., both involving a Simplicity bassinet.

The Tribune, which won a Pulitzer Prize last year for an investigation into similar deaths, said one family sought a recall. But instead, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering a warning label, the newspaper says.

An attorney for one family has filed a wrongful death suit against Simplicity and Wal-Mart, saying when he sought a recall he got no response.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International


Publication date: 28 August 2008   

Source: UPI-1-20080828-14563000-bc-us-bassinet-recall.xml

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