Los Angeles Magnetic Toy Ball Set Hazard Lawyers

Was Your Child Injured After Eating a Magnetic Toy Ball?

Magnetic toy ball sets have gained popularity in recent years, but parents and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) alike have warned of their severe dangers. Within a five-year period, the CPSC tracked more than 10,000 emergency room visits and several deaths caused by people eating magnets, some of which involved children who ate small magnetic toy balls, unaware of their dangers.

If your child was injured or passed away after digesting magnetic toy balls, McGee Lerer Ogrin in Los Angeles can help you. We are compassionate and highly experienced attorneys who focus on challenging product liability cases and injury claims. You might have the grounds to file a claim in pursuit of compensation and justice—and we have the resources and insight to lead the way.

Call (310) 231-9717 to speak to our Los Angeles product liability lawyers about filing a magnetic toy ball hazard lawsuit. Free consultations are available.

What is a Magnetic Toy Ball Set?

The magnetic toy ball sets that have made the CPSC concerned – in some cases, concerned enough to issue a recall – are comprised of dozens or hundreds of very small and spherical neodymium magnets. In some sets, the magnets are even painted bright colors. The magnets can be arranged into all sorts of 3D shapes like pyramids or cubes, which is why they are sold as toys or puzzles.

We are currently looking into potentially unsafe magnetic toy ball sets and products sold by these companies and more:

• XpressGoods
• DailySale
• SplishSplashFun
• Dongguan Qihangren Trade
• MXN Commerce Inc.
• Magic QQ
• Ming Tai Trade
• Sunny House
• Allvre

Why are Magnetic Toy Ball Sets Dangerous?

Most magnetic toy ball sets include magnetic spheres that are around the size of a pea. If a child ingests such a magnet, it can pose a variety of severe or even life-threatening health consequences.

If one magnetic toy ball is ingested, it can cause:

• Choking
• Intestinal perforation
• Intestinal blockage
• Blood toxicity

If two or more magnetic toy balls are ingested, they can attract each other inside the gastrointestinal tract and become magnetically attached. Depending on where the magnetic attachment occurs, it can cause severe intestinal damage and blockage, becoming even more likely to cause life-threatening health issues than when just one magnetic toy ball is ingested, which is still considered extremely dangerous.

If a child eats one or more magnetic toy balls, emergency medical attention is required. First responders and medical experts should be informed that a magnetic toy ball was ingested, so proper precautions – like not performing an MRI – can be taken during emergency treatment.

Why Should Toy Companies Be Liable?

Toy companies that manufacture and sell magnetic toy ball sets are being accused of negligent product design that endangers children. It has been argued that these companies should have known that small children would be enticed by the small, bright, and fun nature of the magnetic toy balls and might try to eat them. Yet the toys were still marketed to children and sold in the toy sections of many major retailers like Walmart.

Strict product liability laws can also make a product maker like a toy company liable for any harm caused by its unsafe products. In this case, the argument could be that the magnetic toy ball sets have marketing defects because they came with insufficient warnings about the ingestion dangers of the product. The CPSC also said of some such products that they contain “magnets do not comply with the requirements of the mandatory federal regulation for magnet toys because they contain one or more strong magnets that fit within CPSC’s small parts cylinder.”

See If You Can File a Claim – Call Now

While you take care of your child and your family, let McGee Lerer Ogrin take care of your lawsuit. If your child ingested a magnetic toy ball like those sold in puzzle or desk decoration kits, you could have the option to file a personal injury claim to demand compensation related to medical treatment costs, pain, suffering, and more. If you lost your child due to fatal complications caused by ingesting a magnetic toy ball, we can handle a wrongful death claim that allows you to demand justice. We know that you’re going through a lot right now, so we promise to handle your case with professionalism, sensitivity, and compassion.

Get more information from McGee Lerer Ogrin in Los Angeles. Call (310) 231-9717 now.