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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Buyers of this children's booster car seat can claim money in class action settlement
A class action settlement worth $3.5 million resulting from a lawsuit against child car seat maker Evenflo, asserting the company misled consumers, now means buyers may be entitled to claim their portion of benefits. Plaintiffs in the case argued that Evenflo misled consumers by labeling and advertising its 'Big Kid' booster seats as 'side impact tested' and safe for children weighing 30 pounds or more, according to a May 12 release from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Evenflo denies that its practices were misleading and also denies any wrongdoing or liability, according to the court. The parties have agreed to the multimillion-dollar class action settlement to stop the claim from continuing in court. Read More: Truck owners: Check if you're entitled to money in fuel injector pump settlement Those eligible for benefits under the settlement must be from the United States, including U.S. territories and the District of Columbia, who bought Evenflo's 'Big Kid' booster seat in the country between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2022, the court stated. Those who qualify as a 'settlement class member' can file a claim form online or by mail postmarked by Nov. 24 of this year, the court said, adding that members can claim up to a maximum of two car seats on their form. Benefits settlement class members are entitled to a pro rata, or equal, share payment of the net settlement fund for each booster seat claimed, along with a $25 credit toward the purchase of Evenflo brand products directly from the company's website. Read More: $2.5M UnitedHealthcare settlement: How to find out if you get money Consumers who qualify and are interested can submit claim forms online at Consumers who do not want a cash payment and an Evenflo product credit and who wish not to be legally bound by the settlement must opt out of the settlement with a written opt-out postmarked by Oct. 10, 2025, the court stated. Those who do not act will not receive a cash payment or credit and will be bound by the settlement and any judgments and orders that result, the court added. A final approval hearing will be held by the court on Feb. 25, 2026, to determine whether to approve the settlement as 'fair, reasonable and adequate' and to determine other related monetary matters, according to the court. Council votes to support MGM Springfield union Mount Holyoke union calls for improved wages, immigrant protections Sparking interest, powering growth: Manufacturing tech show fills Big E Waymo plans to map Boston area streets using its self-driving vehicles Odds of Mass. recession 'pretty decent' says MassBenchmarks Read the original article on MassLive. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Baby Tax: Trump's Tariffs Are an Assault on New Parents
Donald Trump calls himself the 'fertilization president' and says he wants Americans to have more children. He's advocated for expanding IVF access and even proposed paying mothers $5,000 bucks per newborn. But with his recent announcement of global tariffs — and a virtual embargo on Chinese imports — he's not only started a trade war but a full-frontal assault on new and expecting parents. Let's call it what it is: a baby tax. And it's coming just in time for Mother's Day. From car seats and cribs to strollers, sippy cups, and baby clothes, Trump's tariffs are hiking prices on nearly every item families need to safely bring a baby home from the hospital and take care of them through their first few years. With roughly 90 percent of durable baby and children's products imported from abroad, the impact of these policies has been immediate and severe. As the mom of a young toddler, I still vividly remember how stressful it was to pick out a car seat when I was pregnant. I wanted the safest model I could find, with the best crash test ratings, and ideally something that didn't require a PhD to install. And I remember how expensive they were! Top models could easily set you back $500 and even budget models were nearly $200. While I benefited from a brisk resale market in my neighborhood (and some generous friends) when it came to items like clothing, bottles, and even my son's first bassinet, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against buying used car seats for safety reasons. The last thing expecting parents need is a 40 percent increase in the price of car seats, but that's exactly what is happening. Popular companies like Nuna and Evenflo have already announced price hikes. It's not just car seats. The prices of other big-ticket items, like strollers, are soaring. The popular UPPAbaby brand's top stroller model now costs $1,200, and even the so-called budget options are trending up aggressively. Munchkin, a household name in sippy cups, announced it will raise prices on 90 percent of its products, most by at least 20 percent. Carter's, a go-to brand for onesies, has raised prices too. At every turn, parents are paying more — sometimes hundreds more — for the basics. Trump's response? He brushed off the cost of strollers, or as he put it, 'the thing you carry the baby around in,' as 'peanuts' compared to the drop in energy prices. Spoken like a man who's never changed the thing the baby poops in. But price hikes aren't the only issue. Shortages are another looming concern. Parents are already panic-buying car seats, strollers, and cribs before prices climb further or stock runs out. You don't just need to babyproof your house — now you have to babyproof for tariffs. The doctor won't discharge you from the maternity ward without a car seat. Expecting parents don't have the option to delay that purchase until Trump blinks and calls off his trade war. The timing of those purchases is determined by the baby's due date, not the vicissitudes of policymakers in Washington. It's not just the necessities. Trump is waging a war on fun and an early war on Christmas by absolutely demolishing the toy industry. When asked about the imminent toy shortages he was quick to suggest war-time-style rationing for both dolls and pencils saying that 'they don't need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have five.' Silly children and their dolls. The Little Engine That Could put more effort into getting dolls and toys to children than the Trump administration can muster. If Trump were serious about supporting families, he wouldn't be taxing babies or children. He'd fight for affordable childcare and paid family leave — and he'd restart inspections of milk and dairy at the Food and Drug Administration. Instead, he's making it harder to afford the very basics, at the very start of a newborn's life, when parents are most vulnerable — physically, emotionally, and financially. Trump may be nodding to the pronatalist movement with his overtures around fertility but his actual policies are working in the wrong direction, increasing the cost of almost every item in the nursery. It turns out that Trump's commitment to family values ends the moment you start shopping for a crib. Lindsay Owens is Executive Director of Groundwork Collaborative and author for the forthcoming book, Gouged (Viking Penguin). More from Rolling Stone Trump Continues Poaching From Fox, Taps Host Jeanine Pirro as D.C. Prosecutor U.S. Military to Start Removing Openly Transgender Troops Who Is the Holistic Influencer Trump Tapped to Be Surgeon General? Best of Rolling Stone The Useful Idiots New Guide to the Most Stoned Moments of the 2020 Presidential Campaign Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
