The Washington Post reports the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted three to one to file a lawsuit against elevator company ThyssenKrupp Access to force the company “to inspect elevators installed in customers’ home and offer free repairs,” after years of disputes between the two parties over responsibility for accidents that have harmed young children. While the agency is usually “required by law to have companies voluntarily agree to a recall or a corrective action like this,” ThyssenKrupp has objected to such responsibility. According to the Post, “The decision to sue was spurred by regulators learning the company had been inspecting and fixing some home elevators on its own, without alerting the regulators, according to a senior agency official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.”

The Hill reports ThyssenKrupp Access’ elevators “have been tied to at least eight deaths and two serious injuries of children over the past four decades.” In response to the lawsuit, a ThyssenKrupp spokesperson said the company “was ‘disappointed’ by the lawsuit, adding that the company had left the home elevator industry in 2012 and that it has already previously worked to notify people of ‘this installation hazard.’”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.