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The Family of a Child Injured by a Hazardous Magnetix Toy Retains Feldman Shepherd
The Dangerous Toy Causes Serious Injury to Two-year Old Boy.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 05, 2007) – A toy popular among children has been implicated in causing serious injury and even death to dozens of American youngsters. The Magnetix magnetic building set, imported from China by a Canadian company, Mega Brands, Inc., and sold widely in the United States, consists of small plastic building pieces. The plastic pieces contain small but powerful magnets, which are known to easily fall out of the plastic receptacles. The tiny magnets have been swallowed by young children, which then attract each other within the abdomen, causing intestinal perforation, blockage and other serious injuries and complications. Approximately 30 serious injuries, and at least one death, have been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The Feldman Shepherd law firm has become involved in litigation on behalf of the families of children injured by this dangerous and defective product. Recently, the firm asserted a claim on behalf of a two year old child from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, who sustained serious and permanent intestinal damage, necessitating multiple hospital admissions, as a direct result of swallowing two of the tiny magnets, which had become detached from the Magnetix plastic building pieces. The child remains ill and under the care of a team of pediatric specialists.
More than 4 million of the defective and unsafe Magnetix building sets have been sold in the United States. If you have a small child who appears to have suffered an abdominal injury in a household which owns the Magnetix toys, call Alan M. Feldman or Daniel J. Mann at the Feldman Shepherd law firm at 215-567-8300 for a free consultation.
Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner & Weinstock represents plaintiffs in significant personal injury, class actions, and other complex civil litigation. The firm's clients include victims of negligent medical care, defective products, unsafe workplaces, motor vehicle accidents, professional malpractice, and insurer misconduct. The firm has been recognized for its precedent-setting work in the areas of HMO litigation, disability insurance claims, insurance bad faith cases, consumer class actions, and litigation arising from unfair insurance company practices.
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