Target Embark Resistance Cord Recall Lawsuits
Over a year ago, the Law Firm of Gregg Harrison, PLLC and Eric Penn of the Penn Law Firm announced a confidential settlement against Target Corporation and Bell Sports, Inc. This settlement was due to a lawsuit that where an Embark Resistance Cord caused life-altering (permanent) eye injuries to our client. This case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division.
Nearly half a million Embark Resistance exercise cords sold by Target have been pulled from the market to be repaired following reports of eye injuries and vision loss.
The Target Embark Resistance Cords recall was announced on September 8, 2011 by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after Target received information that at least three consumers were struck in the eye by the door anchor ball of the exercise device. Two of those consumers were blinded, and the extent of injury to the third is unknown. Since September 8, 2011, there have been numerous additional injury claimants throughout the United States who claim to have been seriously injured as result of this recalled product.
According to the CPSC, a black plastic ball attached to the Embark’s door anchor can unexpectedly release, potentially hitting the user and posing an injury hazard.
The recall affects all Embark brand individual resistance cords and cord kits. The cords are made of rubber resistance bands in green (light tension), blue (medium tension) and black (heavy tension), with black foam handles and a door attachment, a plastic ball serving as a door anchor and a nylon webbing strap. Each resistance band has “Embark” printed on either the black strap attached to the foam handle or in the middle of the rubber resistance band. The Embark Cord kits contain one each of the three types of resistance bands. They have Target item numbers of 082-02-0256, 082-02-0261, 082-02-0388, and 082-02-0398.
The Embark Resistance Cords and Cord kits were sold at Target stores nationwide as well as online at Target.com from July 2009 through August 2011 for between $10 and $20.
The CPSC recommends that consumers stop using the devices immediately and either remove the door anchor strap before continuing to use them or contact Target at (800) 440-0680 in order to receive instructions on how to repair the cords to prevent the possibility of eye injury.
Defective products can forever alter a person’s life. Any injury to the eye can be devastating—emotionally, physically, psychologically, and financially.
To lose one’s eye is a horrific and traumatic event. My law firm will help to recover the most monetary value on your eye injury case.
If you or someone you know has been seriously injured using this Embark Resistance Cord, Bell Sports Resistance Cord or Bollinger Resistance Cord (or similar item), contact my law firm immediately.
