Swedish furniture maker Ikea will pay $46 million to the family of a California toddler who died after being crushed by one of its dressers.
Jozef Dudek was two years old when he died in May 2017 after an Ikea Malm dresser toppled onto his neck, resulting in injuries that caused him to suffocate, according to the family's lawyers.Feldman Shepherd, the legal firm that represents the Dudek family, said in a statement that the payout is the largest wrongful death settlement related to a child in US history. A spokesperson for Ikea confirmed the $46 million settlement. The company apologized in a statement.
Fake and dangerous kids products are turning up for sale on AmazonIn 2016, Ikea paid $50 million to the families of three other children who had been killed by Malm dressers and agreed to redesign the product to higher safety standards. "Nevertheless, millions of the unsafe older model dressers remain in the homes of consumers around the country," said Feldman Shepherd, which represented the families in these earlier cases.
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