Between August 2011 and January 2014, Petsmart received at least 19 reports of fish bowls cracking, breaking or shattering during normal use, resulting in serious injuries to consumers in at least 12 cases.
The injuries included deep lacerations requiring stitches and severed tendons that required surgery. Petsmart failed to immediately notify CPSC of the defect or risk posed by the fish bowls, as required by federal law.