More than a year after IKEA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of about 29 million topple-prone Malm and other style dressers, another child’s death has been linked to the dangerous furniture. [More]
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1.6M Chests Recalled For “Serious” Tip-Over Issue After Child Injured
By 9.6.17
Nearly a year after IKEA recalled 29 million topple-prone dressers and chests following the deaths of at least four children, another furniture manufacturer has issued a similar safety campaign: Ameriwood Home recalled 1.6 million chests sold at Walmart. [More]
Video Of Dresser Falling On Toddler A Reminder To Always Secure Furniture
By 1.3.17
Each year, dozens of American children die after an un-secured piece of furniture falls on them. You’d like to think it won’t happen to you, but video captured by one family in Utah shows just how important it is to secure topple-prone dressers and other items to prevent them from creating a potentially deadly situation.
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IKEA To Pay $50M To Families Of 3 Toddlers Killed In Dresser Tip-Overs
By 12.22.16
Six months after IKEA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of more than 29 million topple-prone Malm dressers now linked to four deaths, the furniture maker has agreed to pay $50 million to three of the affected families. [More]
Fourth Child’s Death Linked To Recalled IKEA Dressers
By 11.4.16
Federal safety regulators have confirmed a fourth death linked to nearly 29 million recalled top-heavy Malm dressers and chests sold by IKEA. [More]
IKEA Taking Its Time Providing Records Related To Massive Dresser Recall
By 8.30.16
Two months after IKEA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission took the unprecedented step in recalling 29 million top-heavy Malm and other models of dressers and chests linked to the deaths of six children, the retailer has missed a deadline to hand over documents related to the recall. [More]
There Were 3 Other IKEA Dresser Toddler Deaths Dating Back To 1989
By 6.29.16
While dressers and chests in IKEA’s Malm family have drawn attention this week for being recalled after the deaths of three children were linked to them, those aren’t the only deaths that dressers from IKEA alone have caused: other models of dresser are linked to an additional three deaths of children age three or under, and the first one was in 1989. [More]
Family Of Two Toddlers Crushed By Fallen Dresser Sues Babies R Us Store, Furniture Maker
By 2.10.15
The family of two toddler sisters who died after a dresser fell on them is now suing the Babies R Us store where the dresser was purchased in Pennsylvania, as well as a New Jersey furniture maker. [More]
Angry Customer Tries To Hold Ashley Furniture Repairman Hostage Until He Fixes That Dresser
By 4.21.09
A man in New London, Wisconsin grew so angry about the broken drawers on his dresser that he tried to trap an Ashley Furniture repairman in his bedroom until they were fixed. The man’s wife reportedly said, “Paul, let him go,” in what we hope was an exasperated voice—we have a feeling Paul does stuff like this all the time.
