Window Blinds Still Causing A Death Each Month Among Small Children
Despite nearly 500 children being strangled on the cords of blinds and shades in the last 30 years, very little progress has been made on the Government’s end to regulate the safety of the product. According to the Associated Press over the last 15 years shades and blinds are some of the deadliest products subject to recall. While there have been redesigns and safety upgrades the number of children strangled by cords has not really dropped off.
The industry that makes blinds and shades reported $2.5 billion in revenue in 2009 and according to some product liability lawyers the industry has been slow to address problems. Product liability lawsuits have been filed in the past against manufacturers and retailers like Wal-Mart and while many have succeeded financially, it hasn’t forced the industry to radically change its product to stop the average of one child death a month due to strangulations.
