The death of your own baby can be the worst scenario ever. Due to a faulty crib, three families suffered loss of their baby. Right now, a massive recall of the Simplicity and Graco cribs is ongoing as issued by the Consumer Products Safety Commission last Friday. These cribs manufactured by Simplicity Inc. were made in China. This recall could have been done 2 years ago when the first death happened to the 9-month old Liam Johns of California back in April 2005. The next year, in 2006, 6-month-old Edward Milton also died while in the Simplicity crib. Recently, a 1-year-old also died; death is still being investigated.

A huge fault in the design makes the crib unsafe to use. In the three deaths, the users installed the drop-rail upside down and this creates a gap in the crib that when the baby slides down to it, he will suffocate. 55 reports also said that the crib’s drop-sides get detached because the hardware cannot support the side of the crib.

The recall could have been done 2 years ago according to Charles Kelley, the lawyer who acts for Liam Johns’ parents. The incident about the faulty crib was reported to the CPSC in 2005 but it was not until last week that the agency picked up the crib. This latest crib recall is the second largest since 1997 with the cribs manufactured by Evenflo Company Inc.