Miami Attorney Represents Mother Suing Furniture Industry Over Son's Death
Leesfield Scolaro partner Thomas Scolaro is serving as legal counsel to a Lakeland mother whose son died after he was pinned under an eight-drawer dresser on Mother's Day 2017. The lawsuit alleges the organizations responsible for advising and implementing safety standards are liable for the child's death.
May 15, 2019 at 02:03 PM
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A lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has charged the U.S. furniture industry with failing to ensure its products are safe for use around children.
A complaint filed Monday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court accuses American Home Furnishings Alliance Inc. and American Society for Testing and Materials, or ASTM International, of negligence in the May 2017 death of a 2-year-old boy in Lakeland, Florida.
The plaintiff, Meghan DeLong, found her son Conner unresponsive beneath an IKEA eight-drawer dresser on Mother's Day 2017. Although DeLong was able to get the furniture off her son, he had been cut off from oxygen while he was pinned under the dresser.
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