Angelina Rinaldi used an EvenFlo baby carrier, which she purchased from Toys "R" Us, a number of times without incident. But on the sixth occasion, after Rinaldi's kid--Eternity--fell out of the device, Rinaldi sued claiming that the product was defective and that she hadn't been properly warned as to the item's use.
When the Queens County Supreme Court dismissed her case, Rinaldi appealed.
Because the companies were able to establish that the carrier wasn't broken, met all industry standards, and was accompanied by instructions which were understood by the user, the Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed the dismissal.
(According to the AD2, since Rinaldi's experts weren't familiar with the product or with baby carriers, their analysis had been correctly disregarded.)
Now that didn't last very long at all.
To view a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Rinaldi v. EvenFlo Co., Inc .