From the Detroit Free Press –

A drawstring on the stroller can get wrapped around a child’s neck, posing a strangulation hazard. The firm has received one report of an 11-month-old who got entangled in the cord at her neck. She was freed by her mother.

Did the company pull the strollers out of the good of their hearts or out of fear of law suits? It was the law suits.

The right to sue is one of the great American rights, that right most people would have to be prompted to list, but it’s critical to our health and safety.

If there is anything we have seen from the 2007 financial crisis, it is the willingness of major companies to damage hundreds of millions of lives in the course of business while blaming the victims. I promise you if Congress has not been continuously limiting the right to sue these huge financial companies over the last twenty years, the 2007 debacle would never have happened.

James Pilant