Mattel Board Hid Baby Deaths Before Sleeper Recall: Suit (1)

Mattel Inc.'s board and senior leadership were hit with a Delaware lawsuit claiming they spent years hiding deadly problems with the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper before finally recalling it over baby deaths they’d long known about.

“The company was on notice of the more than 30 babies who died and at least 700 other infants who suffered injuries” but “put sales figures and profits above the health and safety of infant users of the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper,” the Chancery Court complaint says.

A Fisher-Price spokeswoman said Tuesday that the company doesn’t comment on pending litigation.

“For 90 years, ...