A company that makes weighted infant sleep products filed a complaint against the CPSC after commissioner imposes shadow ban on their products.
A manufacturer of weighted infant sleep products filed a suit for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the Consumer Product Safety Commission and a former CPSC commissioner in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges the CSPC is liable for publicly making false statements about the corporation’s weighted baby blankets in violation of Maryland law. The case revolves around Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr., who made inflammatory posts about the blankets on social media and sent letters to retailers not to sell the products. The manufacturer accuses Trumka of making false claims to mislead retailers and the public into believing that the CSPC had recalled the blankets. In the six months following Trumka’s attacks, the manufacturer lost all of its retail partners and saw an almost 75% drop in sales. (Dreamland Baby v. US, No. 8:25-cv-01798 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2025)).
The plaintiff is a California corporation that designs and manufactures sleep products for infants. The majority of the company’s sales are through retail merchant partners, including big box stores and online retailers. The company currently offers a weighted wearable sleep sack and swaddle, both made out of a quilted fabric filled with “non-toxic, hypoallergenic, smooth, non-porous poly pellet beads.” The...
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