Consumer Law
Product Liability
Consumer Product Safety Act
In the Matter of Macy's Inc.
Published: Oct. 22, 2011 | Result Date: Jul. 8, 2011 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 11-C0006 Settlement – $750,000
Court
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
William L. Troutman
(Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP)
Jeffrey B. Margulies
(Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP)
Facts
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed a complaint against Macy's Inc. over allegations that it failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, that it had sold children's apparel with drawstrings that posed a strangulation hazard and other dangers, including death, to children.
Result
Macy's agreed to pay $750,000 in civil penalties.
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