$1.4 Million Settlement in Death of Boy Strangled by Blinds Cord
Corboy & Demetrio has obtained a settlement of $1.4 million on behalf of the parents of an 18-month-old boy who died after he was strangled by a looped vertical blind cord on July 30, 2010, in the Lake Bluff apartment where his family lived. The toddler strangled to death on a long, looped cord, which was installed between 1988 to 1990, and had no permanent warnings regarding the strangulation hazard from looped cords that are not secured to the wall.