Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, CPSC NEWS—MEETING NOTICE—CPSC to hold prehearing conference on Leachco complaint, (Jun 21, 2023)

By WK Editorial Staff

The event will be held remotely.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will hold a prehearing conference for In the Matter of Leachco, Inc. on June 29, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time via Zoom (CPSC Notice, 88 FR 40226, June 21, 2023).

This proceeding commenced with CPSC’s filing of a complaint against Leachco, Inc. on February 9, 2022, concerning a suffocation hazard associated with the company’s infant lounging pillows. The complaint was published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2022 (87 FR 8804). An initial prehearing conference was held on April 22, 2022, and a second prehearing conference was held on September 7, 2022.

According to the Presiding Officer’s scheduling order, on June 9, 2023, Leachco filed a motion for summary decision. It also requested oral argument on the motion. Complaint Counsel has said he does not believe oral argument is necessary, but that he would be available for argument and that argument would not affect the current prehearing schedule agreed to by the parties. Upon consultation, the parties agreed to convene a third prehearing conference for oral argument. Other relevant matters, such as the status of discovery motions, matters to be included in the final prehearing order, and any other prehearing issues the parties need to address, may also be discussed. Each party will be permitted 20 minutes for argument. As movant, Leachco will be permitted to reserve five minutes of its time for rebuttal.

For further information, please contact Alberta E. Mills, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of the General Counsel, Division of the Secretariat; cpsc-os@cpsc.gov; 240–863–8938; 301–504–7479.

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