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Crocs Sued For $7.5M Over Escalator Accident

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 4, 2008 4:41 PM CST
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(Newser) – A Pennsylvania woman has sued the manufacturer of Crocs for $7.5 million after her son was injured in an escalator accident, the Baltimore Sun reports. The 6-year-old was wearing the company's foam clogs when they caught in an escalator and mangled his right big toe. The suit charges that the company knew the combo was dangerous but didn't warn consumers.

Many similar accidents have occurred around the world, prompting Crocs to annonce a plan to attach warning labels to the footwear. “If you go buy Crocs in the spring of '09, you'll get a warning. What about the 5 million pairs of Crocs sold without the warning?” the woman’s attorney asked. “These are all parents who don't know.”

Rory McDermott, 4, poses with his Crocs at his home in Vienna, Va.., after his Croc-clad foot was caught in an escalator in August 2007. Another boy's mom sued the company after a similar accident.
Rory McDermott, 4, poses with his Crocs at his home in Vienna, Va.., after his Croc-clad foot was caught in an escalator in August 2007. Another boy's mom sued the company after a similar accident.   (AP Photo)
A woman whose son's Crocs-clad foot was caught in an escalator has sued the maker of the trendy footwear.
A woman whose son's Crocs-clad foot was caught in an escalator has sued the maker of the trendy footwear.   (©jespahjoy)
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Crocs.   (AP Photo)
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Guest
Jan 22, 2010 5:36 AM CST
I think that a lot of people could have gotten hurt over time. Sure, it's not worth millions of dollars but there should have been some small warning label on the box. Who would have know? It's a pair of shoes. Everyone wears them.
lindamae
Dec 5, 2008 10:53 PM CST
Too bad he wasn't wearing Nikes - a company with more to sue from. This is stupid. Accidents happen - parents are the keepers of their kids - they are responsible - not the maker of the shoe - the store - the maker of the escalator. Where's personal responsibility? Bet the parents are liberals. Conservative parents are more to teach their kids the importance of personal responsibility.
Michael_CT
Dec 5, 2008 3:23 AM CST
I think we should start to sue God every time someone's hair gets caught in a fan, a paper shredder or catches on fire. And also for creating really stupid human beings.

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On one of many accidents, in New York earlier this year
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