Toy Chest Dangerous, Lawsuit Claims
Retail giant Target has been named in a lawsuit by a Butler County, Penn., family who claim a wicker trunk they bought from the store and used as a toy chest trapped their toddler daughter’s neck and left her in a vegetative state. Eric and Laura Surman say in the lawsuit that the lid of the trunk snapped down on their daughter’s neck, cutting off oxygen to her brain. She suffered a severe lack of oxygen to the brain, resulting in spastic quadriplegia, severe psychomotor mental retardation. The lawsuit claims Target should have inserted a lid support on the chest or put a warning label on the product, and that Target has known for years that the trunks were potentially hazardous.


