If your kids are like my three children, at some point in their lives, without doubt, fall under the spell of a small forest tank engine named Thomas. For parents who are in the know, Thomas & Friends, needs no introduction. track lengths endless expensive wood and a painted wooden table designed to replicate the campaign "is a staple food in the house all children reputable breeder.
For non-Insiders, Thomas the Tank Engine is an engine to smile blue train is equipped with a bewildering array of anthropomorphic features, including rosy cheeks, a big smile, and (strangely) of the eyebrows. Thomas and his many friends, including a litany of tank engines, vehicles, and a call station chief Sir Topem Hat) spend the day participating in a variety of adventures. If a child is the production of Thomas & Friends videos, or just follow their own imaginations, Thomas is generally learning a good lesson or two at the end of the day.
Although the world of Thomas and his friends is usually an idyllic, recently there has been a negative side effect of his immense popularity. The fact of the matter is that Thomas appeals primarily to very young children. Unfortunately, children of this age tend to put small objects in the mouth in a regular basis. It is for this reason that the recent recovery of Thomas and his friends needed.
In June 2007, Illinois-based RC2 Corporation recalled 1.5 million units of the popular Thomas & Friends toy trains. These Thomas & Friends toys were covered with lead paint.
This month, July 2007, RC2 Corporation has been beaten with a federal lawsuit in Chicago on Tuesday after to obtain an injunction against the sale of its metal toy train.
The Prosecutors seeking a court order requiring RC2 to "cease production and distribution of all metal toys," said the Consumer Product Safety Commission or the media "may have been contaminated by lead paint."
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of consumers who bought toys or received as gifts, also seeks to obtain a court order to notify all vendors and distributors of metal toys "to remove these toys from their shelves and stop selling and distributing … until their safety can not be established. "
A spokeswoman for RC2 has issued a statement in response with the demand, saying: "The evidence only submitted to our previously announced voluntary memory of 26 wood products listed and described on our website. They represent about four percent of all wooden train units sold by the company at national level during the recall period. "
"Although some products of our range of metal toy trains are similar in appearance to the range of wood products, which are smaller. None of the metal products is being recalled. They have been produced using manufacturing and various processes in different paint manufacturing facilities in order. "
The company said that in addition to replacing all recalled products back from customers and pay the return postage, we are giving you train wagon in gratitude for return the recalled items. "
The complaint filed Tuesday is the seventh case in federal lawsuit against RC2, as a research base for electronic filing of federal government. The lawsuit also named as defendants HIT Entertainment, kids entertainment company, based in London, which licenses the Thomas & Friends toy train, Apax Partners, the private equity group has HIT, and Learning Curve Brands, Inc., a subsidiary of RC2 that markets railway toys.
For more information about the recall, and for details of the specific products affected within Learning Curve’s Thomas & Friends™ Wooden Railway products range, and for instructions on how to return the products and obtain replacements, please go to the RC2 recall website http://recalls.rc2.com or call RC2′s Customer Service Line at 866.725.4407 between 8am-5pm CST Monday – Thursday or 8am-11am CST on Friday.
For more information your rights as a consumer against a negligent manufacturer, designer, or distributor of a recalled product, contact Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer, Stephen D. Counts at (714) 851-2890 or (949) 851-0222. You may also visit Attorney Counts’ website at http://www.OrangeCountyInjury.com
Stephen D. Counts is a Personal Injury Lawyer. Mr. Counts’ practice is limited to matters involving serious personal injury and wrongful death.
Mr. Counts received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and received his law degree (Juris Doctor) from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he served on the editorial board of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.