EDIT SAMPLE — Is the baby product recall process failing parents?

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Edited: Melanie Schmitz

Authored: Katie Kindelan

Erika Richter said she was first upset and then angry when she saw that nearly five years after her newborn daughter’s death, a repeat announcement was made warning parents and caregivers to not use any models of Fisher-Price’s Rock ‘n Play sleeper.

The sleepers were first recalled in 2019 after 32 infant deaths were linked to them, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall was issued due to the risk of infants rolling from their back to their stomach or their side while in it, the CPSC said.

That recall was too late for Richter, whose 2-week-old daughter Emma died in 2018 due to asphyxia, or the inability to breathe, while sleeping in a Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper, according to Richter’s attorney, Salvatore Zambri, who is representing her in ongoing litigation against Fisher-Price. In court papers, Fisher-Price has denied wrongdoing.

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