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It was the second largest crib recall in the nation's history: A million cribs with a design flaw so serious, the Consumer Products Safety Commission said children should not be allowed to sleep in them for another night. But for two-and-a-half years, the CPSC allowed children to sleep in those same Simplicity cribs — even though it knew that incorrectly installed drop rails had led to three infant deaths.

Crib Recall Case Stuns Nation: Hersh & Hersh

Severn Williams Media helped bring this alarming story to the attention of the public in September 2007, with an exclusive television spot on the ABC Morning Show. Public outcry was immediate. Our client, Charles Kelly of Hersh and Hersh Law, carried this momentum into a class action suit against the crib manufacturers, on behalf of every parent who bought the defective crib.

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