Lisa Cochran filed a lawsuit in January, asking for millions of dollars in damages and alleging that Infantino was negligent and liable for her son's May 7, 2009, death. Infantino, was a recommended company for their baby sling products, but unfortunately this was not the case for the young family. “The death certificate cited compression asphyxia/suffocation as Derrik's cause of death”, Cochran said.
Infantino issued a recall on two of their two baby slings, the "SlingRider" and the "Wendy Bellissimo," offering customers replacement slings. The company said consumers should stop using the recalled slings immediately but did not take responsibility for any deaths. President Jack Vresics said in a statement, "All of our products go through rigorous testing and we work closely with governmental agencies as well as other third-party testing organizations continually to ensure the safety of our products."
In March, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning about the use of certain baby slings, saying it had identified 14 deaths with sling-style carriers, most of them in children younger than 4 months. Recently, Health Canada issued a joint statement with the agency, saying three of the deaths appeared to occur in one of Infantino's slings.
About 1 million of the slings were recalled in the United States, and about 15,000 were affected in Canada, according to the joint release. Around 14,000 of the slings have been recalled in Europe.
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