Family sues racket maker after 6-year-old's fatal badminton accident
TL;DR
The Morgan family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Franklin Sports after Lucy Morgan, 6, died four days after a badminton racket's aluminum shaft broke loose from its handle and pierced her skull during a Maine lakeside vacation; they accuse the maker of a defective product and failing to warn consumers, seeking damages including funeral expenses, pecuniary loss, emotional distress and other relief.
- Family of 6-year-old NJ girl killed in freak badminton accident sues racket maker: ‘A parent’s worst nightmare’ New York Post
- Family of girl who died in freak badminton accident in Limerick sues the maker of the racket WMTW
- Family of girl, 6, killed in Limerick badminton racket accident files wrongful death lawsuit Portland Press Herald - Maine Sunday Telegram
- Family sues badminton racket maker after 6-year-old fatally impaled in Maine Bangor Daily News
- Tragic death of 6-year-old New Jersey girl leads to lawsuit Bergen Record
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