Feldman Shepherd Files Lawsuit Against Ikea

June 22, 2018  by Jason Schneider in Industry, Legal   

According to the lawsuit, Ikea knew of injuries and deaths associated with tip-overs of the Malm line of dressers prior to the boy's death, but failed to take adequate measures to improve the safety and stability of the dressers. Ikea dressers had been recalled in 2016 as part of one of the largest consumer recalls in United States history; the recall occurred only after Feldman Shepherd had filed lawsuits on behalf of two families whose children were killed by Malm dressers tip-overs.

The complaint, filed on June 18 in Ikea's American corporate home in Pennsylvania, asserts that Ikea failed to design the Malm dresser to comply with recognized industry tip-over testing standards, and that Ikea did not sufficiently publicize the recall which would have alerted consumers who owned the dressers of the dangers associated with continued use.

The litigation is led by Feldman Shepherd product liability attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, and Edward S. Goldis, who also represented the families of three other children who suffered fatal injuries caused by Malm dresser tip-overs: Curren Collas of West Chester, Pa.; Camden Ellis of Snohomish, Wash.; and Ted McGee of Apple Valley, Minn.

As part of the $50 million settlement of the three cases, Ikea agreed to redesign its dressers to comply with tip-over stability standards, but the unsafe older model dressers remain in homes around the country. 

"We hope the preventable tragedy suffered by Jozef Dudek and his family motivates Ikea to make a much greater effort to have these dangerous products removed from children’s bedrooms,” said Feldman.