Amby Baby has issued a defective product recall for 24,000 of its motion bed hammocks intended for babies, after two infants suffocated to death. According to a news report in Consumeraffairs.com, federal safety regulators say that the side-to-side tilting or shifting of the hammock can cause the infant to roll and become entrapped or wedged against the hammock's fabric or mattress pad. The manufacturer has so far received two reports of infant suffocation deaths. One occurred in June 2009, when a 4-month-old girl in Georgia died in the hammock and the other involved a 5-month-old boy from Oregon.

Defective Hammocks Sold Online

The recalled products consist of a steel frame and fabric hammock, which are connected by a large spring and metal crossbar. The beds, which were made in China, were sold only online at Ambybaby.com and other Internet retailers from January 2003 through October 2009 for about $250. Consumers who own these beds are asked to stop using them immediately and contact Amby Baby USA for a free repair kit.

My heart goes out to the families of these two babies who died as a result of this defective product. I offer my heartfelt condolences to these families. They will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Wrongful Death Lawsuits

This is only one of several product defect recalls involving baby beds. Over the last two years, millions of cribs and toddler beds have been recalled for suffocation risks. Several children have suffocated to death in these cribs, bassinets and now hammocks. Families of these victims will be entitled to file a wrongful death claim against the company, which sold these defective hammocks. In such cases, the claims could serve as a deterrent for other manufacturers and create awareness about these product defects while offering victims' families some monetary compensation for their devastating and irreparable loss.

A number of parents and family members who file wrongful death lawsuits, especially those involving product liability cases, say they file these claims so the defective product manufacturers are punished and other parents hopefully, won't have to go through what they went through. A reputed personal injury lawyer who has had success in handling products liability cases will be able to help the families of these victims pursue their legal rights.

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