Woman Sues Sleep Number After Mother Trapped Between Mattress And Wall For 2 Days, Dies

A woman has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Sleep Number Corporation of Minneapolis and Leggett & Platt, Inc. – the company that manufactured the bed base – after her mother got stuck between the mattress and the wall for two days and died a month later. of her injuries.

Angela Moan, Rosalind Walker’s surviving daughter, filed the lawsuit in St. Louis County District Court. Louis County in Missouri.

The wrongful death suit alleges negligence and strict liability against Sleep Number and Leggett and Platt, Inc. It also accused Sleep Number of breaching its 25-year warranty.

Moan is seeking at least $25,000 for her mother’s suffering and injuries before her death, related medical bills and for “the loss of her mother’s company.”

The lawsuit states that Walker purchased the bed in Brentwood, Missouri and arranged for it to be delivered to her home in Godfrey, Illinois.

Walker was between the raised bed and her bedroom wall when the bed lowered without warning on March 1, 2023, the lawsuit states. She was stuck between the bed and the wall for about two days, according to the court document.

First responders freed Walker on March 3 and brought her to the hospital. Walker was transferred to a rehabilitation center before being brought home to hospice. She died a month later on April 3.

The lawsuit states that from the time Walker was brought home in hospice until she died, she “suffered the entire time.”

The suit alleges that Sleep Number Corporation and Leggett & Platt owed Walker a duty of reasonable care and breached that duty by:

• Designing and selling a bed that did not have proper instructions or warning language warning Walker not to get between the bed and the wall because she could become trapped.
• Designing and selling a bed that did not have an audible warning to alert Walker that the bed was declining
• Designing and selling a bed that dropped with such force that it caught Walker
• Designing and selling a bed that had a timer that causes the bed to deteriorate without physical intervention or warning
• Designing and selling a bed that did not have a proper release mechanism that would have allowed Walker to free himself

The bed was “defective and unreasonably dangerous” because of its design and lack of warning, and because it was “more dangerous than the average customer would expect, court documents add.

Sleep Number sent the following statement to 5 EYE WITNESS NEWS:

“Sleep Number is aware of the recent lawsuit filed against the company and Leggett and Platt, the manufacturer of its adjustable base. The lawsuit alleges that a defective adjustable base purchased in 2014 was a contributing factor in Rosalind Walker’s death. We understand that this incident may have occurred in March 2023; we were made aware of the alleged incident after the lawsuit was filed this week on December 10th. Our sincere condolences to Mrs. Walker’s family for their tragic loss.

Our legal team is currently reviewing the lawsuit. Sleep Number stands by the design and safety of its products and respects any questions or necessary actions.”