IKEA’s failure to provide the necessary hardware to attach a dresser permanently to the wall has led to a wrongful death lawsuit. Parents Jacquelyn and Jacob Collas are suing the Scandinavian furniture chain for the wrongful death of their toddler killed by an IKEA dresser.
On February 25, 2014, Mrs. Collas of West Chester, Pennsylvania found her two-year-old son, Curren, unresponsive in his room. Curren was trapped between his overturned IKEA MALM chest of drawers and his bed with the full weight of the dresser on his chest. The boy died later that morning at Paoli Hospital. Since Curren’s death, Collas has begun the web site Heaven Has a Hero in an effort to warn other parents of the dangers posed by unsecured furniture in the home. She urges parents,
I wanted to share this because I want you to learn from my mistakes. Bolt EVERYTHING down. Dressers, bookshelves, TVs, anything that could possibly fall.
The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Collases’ alleges that the death was a preventable occurrence. Knowing that the dresser weighed in excess of 130 pounds and that it had a risk of easily tipping over, the Collas family believes the furniture manufacturer and retailer should routinely include anchoring hardware, consumer warnings, and safety instructions with its products.
The Colasses’ dresser and other similar products, unanchored, represent a significant hazard especially to young children like Curren who are naturally curious. According to the complaint, “the IKEA defendants were aware of a tip-over hazard arising from falling vertical dressers and other furniture. According to estimates from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 43,000 consumers are injured each year in tip-over incidents, with more than 25,000 of those injuries to children under the age of 18.” With these statistics, it leaves one wondering why anchoring hardware is not included with these products.
IKEA spokeswoman, Mona Astra Liss issued this statement in response to the lawsuit, “All of our products go through extensive testing and are regularly evaluated. IKEA chests of drawers are safe for their intended use when properly assembled and permanently attached to the wall, in accordance with the warnings and instructions.”
According to the lawsuit, the accuser, who agreed to be named, suffered abuse at the hands of Cody after a psychiatrist identified him as a pedophile. The lawsuit alleged that the church knew that he had already molested eight other children, all of which who were under the age of 18. The archbishop at the time sent Cody to receive treatment, but he was allowed to come back to the church, even though the parish knew he was still a danger to children. For Hubbard, the abuse began in 1967 and continued for the next five years.
the previously resolved cases have been settled out of court. Interestingly, Hubbard could have settled her case earlier, but refused to do so until the Archdiocese admitted to moving a sexual predator into the community.
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Since that time, the boy has grown to be an adult man. He claims in the lawsuit to suffer from depression, anger, and that the memories of the haunting experience of sexual abuse as a child led him to destroy his life with substance abuse.
Christopher Monfort is a 46 year-old man accused of killing a Seattle police officer in 2009. He is also facing accusations that he attempted to kill other officers with various weapons such as pipe bombs and fires. He has been described by the state as a violent extremist who was attempting to start a war with the Seattle Police Department. His trial began in January and is expected to conclude soon.
The prosecutors are attempting to discredit the notion that Monfort was motivated by delusions, arguing that, “although he is not normal, he is not necessarily insane.” The state consulted with their own mental health expert witness, university professor Ronald Schouten, and attempted to undermine the credibility of defense witness Cunningham. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Baird described Cunningham as a “professional witness” who gave unclear answers and cherry-picked evidence in order to make his diagnosis. The prosecution noted that, based on discrepancies concerning Monfort’s attitude before and after the killing, the defense was unable to show when Monfort became delusional.
R. Bruce Dye is a well-known Fort Wayne entrepreneur who has founded several companies, notably Heritage Food Service Group, Inc., and Hotel Fitness. According to state records, Dye is one of the top donors to the Indiana State Republican Party, having donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent election cycles. He was first the defendant in a sexual abuse lawsuit by Kathy Gonya, Dye’s former executive assistant at his company, Brigadoon Financial, Inc. dba Brigadoon Fitness. Gonya filed the suit in late 2014, after claiming she was terminated from the company due to reporting incidences of sexual abuse and misconduct. Dye filed a counter suit to combat the allegations claiming that he and Gonya shared a consensual sexual relationship for several years.
According to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Lahr’s current suit accuses Dye himself of assault and battery, and his company Brigadoon Financial of negligent supervision and training, negligent retention, breach of contract, sexual harassment, and sexual retaliation. Lahr is also alleging that Dye groped her and attempted to enter her hotel room by force while they were on a business trip together in New Orleans.
The language of the complaint insinuates that Mayor Doherty and the council acted in the manner described above in the interest of Belmar and its taxpaying constituency. The plaintiffs allege that Jersey Shore’s Belmar used revenue raised from beach fees to pay for a myriad of expenses that did not actually relate to the beach.
The group of plaintiffs is led by Belmar resident Joy DeSanctis and represented by former Mayor Kenneth Pringle’s law firm. They’ve been front and center for many of the legal challenges against the borough. DeSanctis alleges that the current mayor has displayed a pattern of using Belmar accounts to pay bills unrelated to public services. She alleges that Mayor Doherty has “…disregarded the true obligation of the accounts and legal guidelines of [their] use.”
in his lawsuit as it allegedly threatened him to remove the code. He alleges that the State Department’s orders violated his right to freely express himself.
the web might equate to illegally providing blueprints across the globe without the proper license. Yet the department never actually determined if Wilson needed a license to post his code. Wilson’s code was downloaded over 100,000 times in only two days and has since spread to Torrent websites.
A long line of complaints are coming from parents, who state their children were physically abused by Dr. Howard Schneider. The dentist office is also being investigated by the Florida General Attorney for Medicaid fraud. This case was filed first and separately from the abuse and torture allegations.
While Dr. Schneider hasn’t ever served time or been convicted for these types of acts, there is a history of prior, similar lawsuits that got dismissed. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office has also been called to his office for complaints regarding excessive force against the patients.
Philly police shot about one person each week since 2007, with the high rate attributable to mistrust by the public, training flaws and other system-wide problems.
Nearly 400 times over the last eight years, Philadelphia police officers have fired their weapons at suspects, the Justice Department report noted. Most of the 454 officers involved were on patrol at the times of the shootings, and most of the suspects and officers involved were black, the 
Moncrief left the Police Department after the incident. No statement has been released to determine whether he was fired or he resigned from duty. He is now 40 years old. The woman was not charged with anything and there was an investigation after the incident. Moncrief was unable to be contacted after the conclusion to the lawsuit.
Since these allegations and lawsuits, many changes have been made on the force. There is now an official policy to report all incidents of misconduct by other officers. It is now also required that two officers are present when a woman is arrested and taken to jail. Police officers must now wear body cameras as well.