$2 million sought in Crocs lawsuit

The maker of Colorado-based Crocs is being sued over a July escalator accident at the Atlanta airport involving a child wearing the popular resin clogs.

Clark Meyer, the father of a boy identified in Federal Court filings as “A.M.,” wants $2 million for the injuries suffered by his son on an escalator at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

It is the second filing in Atlanta this year involving a child and alleged Croc-related escalator injuries at the airport.

Meyer alleges his son was “severely and permanently injured” when the Croc shoe on his right foot was caught in an airport escalator July 15. Photos accompanying the filing show injuries to the boy’s first three toes and a mangled pair of gray Crocs.

Though not named in the suit, the boy’s mother is Belinda Skelton, a well-known producer for the Neal Boortz radio show. Last month she told the AJC she was with her 4-year-old son when he suffered broken toes and cuts in an escalator incident at Hartsfield-Jackson.

She said her son was recovering after surgery.

The Boortz show is on WSB radio, a station owned by Cox Enterprises, which is also the parent of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In the lawsuit, Clark Meyer alleges that Crocs became aware of the danger to children wearing the shoes in 2005, the same year it began marketing the popular clogs to the younger set.

Crocs officials have denied their shoes caused injuries and instead cast blame on the wearers and faulty escalators. Company spokeswoman Tia Mattson did not immediately return a call for comment on the latest suit.