Toy Injury Attorney in Houston Texas

The Waldman Law Firm, PC is dedicated to protecting children from dangerous products and environments, and from predators. Many children die or are injured every year because of faulty playground equipment and design, dangerous toys, and defective infant car seats. Unfortunately, children can also be the victims of sex crimes, such as molestation or rape. Our attorneys have filed claims on behalf of parents and their children to obtain compensation. More importantly, we have served notice to the makers of defective equipment or the designers of dangerous playgrounds, protecting other children from similar injuries.

Most parents expect that toys or equipment that they purchase for their children's use will be safe. They assume that school districts and manufacturers of playground equipment will take all precautions for the safety of their children. An injured child is a sad reminder that businesses are often more focused on the bottom line than on the safety of their products, and that school districts are often strapped for the cash and personnel that is needed to insure the safety of the children in their care.

Texas Dangerous Toys and Products for Children

These range from teddy bears with button noses that can come off and be swallowed, to cribs with rails spaced too widely, to child seats that do not sufficiently restrain children in an accident, to games that should never have been released at all.

Texas Defective Children's Toy Attorneys

Manufacturers of baby toys and children's equipment are obligated to take extra precautions to see that the products are safe, and to take measures to prevent foreseeable accidents. Yet the focus of these companies is often profit, not safety.

At the Waldman Law Firm, PC, our lawyers hold manufacturers and distributors accountable for injury or wrongful death resulting from defective, poorly designed, or otherwise dangerous baby toys, infant car seats and other children's products.

Recall Toys in Texas

More than 120,000 children aged 14 and under are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year for toy-related injuries. Along with the standards set for all product manufacturers by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, toy manufacturers must also adhere to the Child Safety Protection Act. Among other requirements, this act calls for warning labels on products that pose a choking hazard, one of the most common sources of injury for young children. Unfortunately, this and many other avoidable toy-related injuries continue to occur due to design flaws, manufacturing defects, inadequate testing, or the improper marketing of these children's products.

Toy Injury

More than 3 billion toys and games are sold annually in the United States. Although they are meant to provide joy and entertainment, toys are often linked to injuries. Children ages 4 and under are at especially high risk. While choking accounts for many of these deaths and injuries, children can also suffer from falls, strangulation, burns, drowning and poisoning while playing with toys. Although the majority of toys are safe, they can become dangerous if misused or used by children who are too young for them. Appropriate selection and proper use of toys, combined with parental supervision, can greatly reduce the incidence and severity of such injuries.

Dangerous Toys Recalled - May Cause Injury

Aqua Dots became so popular that it made Wal-Mart's list for top toys to give for Christmas. Soon after, 4 million of the toys had to be recalled because the toys are toxic if ingested. They've already induced comas in at least 2 children. Scientists say a chemical coating on the beads, when ingested, metabolizes into the so-called date rape drug, gamma hydroxy butyrate. When eaten, the compound made from common and easily available ingredients can induce unconsciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma and death.