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Torts Keyed to Miller
Mathews v. University Loft Co.
Citation:
387 N.J. Super. 349, 903 A.2d 1120 (2006)Facts
Mathews (Plaintiff), a college student, fell off of his loft bed and sustained injuries. Plaintiff, then 21 years old, lived in a campus apartment, where he slept in a “loft bed” that was six feet off the floor. He was asleep on the bed when his pager, located on the “desk, or dresser area, below the bed,” went off. He testified that when his roommate yelled to him to turn it off, he was startled, and the next thing he knew, he had fallen off the bed and was on the floor, dislocating a shoulder. There were no warning labels on the bed. He sued the manufacturer of the loft bed, University Loft Co. (Defendant), for negligence in designing the product and failing to warn consumers of the danger.
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