Is Your Baby’s Highchair Safe?
On December 18, 2008 Evenflo, a manufacturer of infant products including highchairs, recalled approximately 95,000 Majestic highchairs due to fall and choking hazards. According to the recall notice, Evenflo Company of Miamisburg, Ohio noted that plastic caps and metal screws on both sides of the highchair could loosen and fall out causing fall and choking hazards for children. Plastic caps and screws that become loose and fall out can cause a seatback to suddenly fall back or detach from the highchair. Children can fall out or collide with objects and suffer broken bones, abrasions, cuts and bruises. The detached plastic components also pose a choking hazard to children. Evenflo received approximately 140 reports of seatbacks reclining, falling back or detaching unexpectedly and also received over more than 1,000 reports of plastic caps and screws falling out of the highchairs, including seven incidents in which caps and screws were found in children’s hands or mouth but were removed before choking.
This recall includes Evenflo Majestic highchairs made before January 23, 2007. These products were sold at mass merchandise stories nationwide, including Toys R Us, Walmart, Babies R Us, Burlington Coat Factory and Shopko from January 2006 through May 2007. These highchairs sold for $80 to $110. Consumers who have these chairs in their possession should immediately stop using them and contact Evenflo for a free repair kit at 1-800-233-9521 between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time or visit their website at www.majestichighchair.com.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury from a defective product, please contact one of our experienced product liability lawyers at the Philadelphia product liability law firm of Reiff and Bily for a free consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
