REUTERS - IKEA has agreed to
pay a total $50 million to three families in the United States whose children
died when the budget furniture group's dresser MALM tipped
over them, lawyers
representing the families said.
The families were
represented by Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP
which said in a statement the Swedish retailer had also agreed to donate funds
to children's hospitals as part of the settlement.
IKEA confirmed a
tentative settlement had been reached in an e-mailed statement to Reuters, but
declined to comment further as the settlement had yet to be approved by court.
Two U.S. toddlers
died in separate 2014 incidents when MALM dressers fell on them. A 22-month-old
boy was killed this year in a similar incident, which occurred after IKEA had
announced a repair program including a free wall-anchoring kit.
In June, IKEA
recalled about 8 million MALM chests and dressers and 21 million other models
of chests and dressers in the United States. About 6.6 million were recalled in
Canada.
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