The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has filed suit to force Baby Matters LLC to recall its baby recliner Nap Nanny, after the company refused to pull the product from shelves and refund consumers.

Five infant deaths have been linked to the product and 70 consumers have filed complaints after their babies fell out of the recliners, according to CPSC.

Manufacturers typically respond to CPSC voluntary recall requests however, for five months, the manufacturer has ignored the government agency’s concerns that the product is dangerous, CPSC says.

According to court documents, a six month-old died of suffocation in April 2010, in a Generation Two Nap Nanny. The baby was not secured in the product’s harness, and a medical examiner concluded the death was caused by positional asphyxia. Three months later, a four month-old died of suffocation when she became wedged between the product and her crib bumper. The lawsuit alleges the baby was secured in the Nap Nanny’s harness but that it failed to adequately restrain her.

On its website, the manufacturer has posted a safety video and says no infant has ever suffered an injury that required medical attention when its product is “used properly.”

According to the Associated Press news agency, more than 105,000 Nap Nanny products have been sold since 2009.

For more consumer news visit Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona at www.tucson.bbb.org, or call (520)888-5353.

A design flaw is blamed for a recall of 485,000 Chico Polly high chairs that have caused serious injuries to infants, Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning.

The product’s importer, Artsana USA Inc., says it knows of 21 cases in which children fell onto pegs on the chairs’ back legs, which are designed to hold the product’s tray.

Reported injuries range from cuts and cruises to a scratched cornea in one infant, and four others who required sutures to close wounds caused by the chairs.

The recall affects 26 different models of the Chico Polly high chairs sold since January 2005 through to this month.   The products were sold online and through major retail chains such as Babies R Us, Buy Buy Baby, and Toys R Us.

Model details are on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission website at www.cpsc.gov, or at www.chiccousa.com/pollykit.

The company will provide free kits to cover the pegs.  Consumers can find more information on the recall and order the peg covers online or by calling 800-807-8817