Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
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    11/23/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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    Ten Worst Toys

    American Association of Justice members Edward and James Swartz released their “Ten Worst Toys List” (http://www.justice.org/WATCH_-_10_Worst_TOYS_-_NOVEMBER_2008.pdf ) and we added our own quick analysis and found a large majority of products—85 percent— recalled so far this year by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) were produced in foreign countries and 57 percent were manufactured in China.  Of the 354 products recalled by the CPSC, 302 were produced in foreign countries and 201 were produced in China according to CPSC’s posted recall notices.

    Recalled products Jan 1, 2008-Nov. 13, 2008

    Total Recalled products –354

    From the United States—52 or 15%

    From China – 201 or 57%

    From foreign countries –302 or 85%

    This is significant because foreign manufacturers can set their prices lower because they are not subject to the equal prospect of restitution as U.S. manufacturers face if a consumer is injured by their product.  Also, foreign manufacturers often face huge discrepancies in product liability insurance rates.  Without the prospect of being held accountable through the U.S. civil justice system, a foreign producer has little incentive to maximize product quality and safety.   We have more information on this issue with a release we put out on a paper on the topic, see http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/4771.htm .


    Labels: child injury, defective products, defective toys, product liability, recall


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