Lane Company Agrees to Pay $900,000 Civil Penalty for Delay in Reporting Child Entrapment Fatalities in Cedar Chests
Released: Friday, July 06, 2001 by CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that The Lane Company Inc. ("Lane"), of Altavista, Va., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $900,000. The penalty settles CPSC allegations that Lane failed to report in a timely manner that children could become entrapped in "Lane" and "Virginia Maid" brand cedar chests made between 1912 and 1987. The lids on these pre-1987 cedar chests automatically latch shut when closed. Prior to April 1996, Lane had received reports that five children suffocated inside these older cedar chests.
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