July 25, 2008

Recent Cases and Decisions

MATTRESS FIRE CASES

Foster Law Firm, L.L.P. was associated as counsel for plaintiffs by Alabama counsel in a flammability action against furniture mattress manufacturers La-Z-Boy, Inc., England, Inc. of New Tazwell, Tennessee, and Rent-A-Center, a consumer lease to own company in a case removed July, 2002 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Case No. CV-02-S-1728 NE and CV-02-H-1729-NE, and involving the deaths of twin children and serious injuries to their mother from a 6-14-00 fire which occurred when a candle fell from a wall sconce to the floor igniting a sectional sleeper sofa containing large quantities of non-fire retardant polyurethane foam both in the sofa and mattress. The highly flammable foam accelerated the fire extremely rapidly, causing the injury and deaths. The occupants initially tried to fight the small fire without success as it rapidly grew to dramatic proportions, releasing thick dark toxic smoke and gasses. The case was resolved by way of confidential settlement.

BACK TO TOP

Burn Injury/Flammable Products

Personal Injury / Torts

Erisa & Insurance Law

Video Greeting

Burn victims can sue makers of dangerous flammable products causing home fires such as upholstered furniture mattresses mobile homes polyurethane foam acrylic bathtubs and more.

» Find Out More

Accidents, including auto, slip and fall, defective products, on the job injuries including wrongful death, brain injuries and other serious injury.

» Find Out More

ERISA, Insurance, Health Insurance, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Other Denied ERISA and Insurance Claims.

» Find Out More

Video Site Overview for ERISA and Insurance Claims

» Find Out More

Past case results do not predict outcomes in future cases. Each case is determined on its own merits. We at Foster Law Firm LLP use our experience and best efforts to try to put our client's case in the best possible position to increase the chances of a successful outcome. Some cases, however, present difficult factual and/or legal circumstances which will affect the outcome of the case.

The Foster Law Firm represents clients from the Southeast Region of the United States. Such communities include Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Columbia, Charleston, Florence, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Asheville, Hendersonville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, and Greensboro, North Carolina, Louisville, Bowling Green, and Lexington, Kentucky; Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, and Macon, Georgia; Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Mobile, Alabama; Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St Petersburg, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The firm also handles cases throughout the United States through associated counsel.