Crocs cited in lawsuit over girl's injuries at airport

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According to the suit filed Tuesday in federal court in Kentucky,Crocs knew its shoes were dangerous for children but theColorado-based company continued to market them in colors andstyles attractive to prospective young Crocs wearers.
The mother, Alison Cox Pregliasco, said her daughter's foot wascaught in the escalator and permanently injured on June 4. Once theshoe was shredded, the escalator ripped the skin off the child'sbig toe and broke that toe and two others, according attorneyAndrew Laskin.
"We're asking for punitive damages," Laskin said. "Each time thishappened to a child, they [Crocs] got out there and blamedeverybody else. It's not the airport's fault. It's not theescalator's fault."
He said the child was not misbehaving when she was hurt.
The mother is asking for $4 million for her daughter, who was onlyidentified by the initials A.P.
Telephone calls to Crocs seeking comment were not returned.
The suit said the company has tried to shift the blame for childreninjured while wearing the shoes to inattentive parents andescalator makers.
Crocs has been sued previously by parents of children hurt onescalators while wearing their shoes.
For example, the parents of another 3-year-old filed a $7 millionlawsuit against the company in February because their daughter wasinjured on the escalator at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
Consumer Reports last month reported safety groups in the UnitedStates and Japan had issued warnings about the dangers posed byyoung escalator riders wearing the shoes.