springs, hunter douglas, and newell rubber maid. none of their executives would agree to appear in our report. nor would the head of the window blind trade group, ralph vesami, city. >> i wanted to ask questions about the children who have died in the window blind accidents. can you talk about that at all? >> no. >> reporter: under oath in a brain injury lawsuit last year against a window mind company, vesami could not avoid answer questions. >> by making the decision to not eliminate those hazards, implicitly they're making the decision to allow children to continue to be exposed to those hazards, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: the lawyer asking the questions, jim ander, has brought more than 50 death and injury lawsuits in window mind cases. >> how many have gone to trial? >> none. they've all settled. >> why? >> the documents and the testimony is too condemning. i don't think a manufacturer can afford to go to trial. >> reporter: the industry disputes the safety commission's accident numbers and has produced videos to show a range