The risk of dresser tip over has been named in numerous different individual cases and studies in recent years. Those consumers who purchased dressers that have since been recalled may not have been warned about the significant risk of dresser tip over.

Unfortunately, dresser tip over concerns have largely affected people who have suffered injuries but can also include people who owned a recalled dresser and did not receive what they paid for. This has led to some consumers filing lawsuits against the makers and sellers of these allegedly defective and dangerous dressers. Some purchasers don’t know until it’s too late that the risk of a tip over can hurt their loved ones, but it can also lead to decreased value in the item overall. 

According to a Consumer Reports study, the risk of dresser tip over is significant and growing. The report identifies that dressers of all shapes and sizes, such as the Ameriwood Mainstays dresser, have been connected to the risk of tipping over.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has already shared that thousands of children are injured every single year when furniture tips over and that a child is killed every two weeks by a tip over accident.

However, consumers still have a risk of purchasing dangerous furniture types and suffering consequences. Plenty of dressers sold by numerous companies including from JC Penny, Amazon, Ikea and more have been named at risk of dresser tip over. Buyers of recalled dressers might also have grounds for a consumer lawsuit based on the fact that they did not receive the safe product they paid for.

In the consumer report’s recent study, 24 different dressers were tested against two voluntary testing standards used by the furniture industry. The study found that with some dressers, the risk of dresser tip over was extremely high.

The two tests looked at whether or not there is a risk of a dresser tip over with all of the drawers empty and open, in addition to when 50 or 60 lbs. is applied to the top drawer. Only half of the dressers passed all of the tests, and six passed the voluntary standards test but did not succeed in a more difficult 60 lbs. test.

Ameriwood, the makers of one dresser that failed the voluntary tests, claimed that due to the dresser being less than 30 inches tall, it was not required to meet the voluntary standard for the industry. The company claims that they have urged consumers to use anchors to attach this dresser to the wall.

Consumers have been lodging complaints and contacting the manufacturing companies directly because of either injury sustained by someone in a tip over accident or concerns that consumers have not received the quality they were promised when buying the dresser to begin with.

If you have been harmed financially or otherwise as a result of a recalled dresser tip over risk, you might be eligible to pursue a class action lawsuit.