Infant Car Seat Maker Defeats Proposed Safety Defect Class Suit

Columbus Trading Partners USA Inc. convinced a federal judge in New York to toss a proposed class action alleging the company deceptively marketed faulty infant car seats as conforming to a “higher standard of safety.”

“This single superlative safety claim” wasn’t sufficient to maintain deception allegations, Judge Frederic Block of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York said in an April 17 decision.

Plaintiff Sarah ElSayed sued after CTP recalled Aton G infant seats made between February 2023 and May 2024. ElSayed said she relied on marketing statements that promised the car seat was made in ...