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Whitehead et al v. Southerland, Inc. et al

  1. September 15, 2025

    Ga. Jury Sides With Makers In Mattress Injury Case

    After about an hour of deliberation on Monday afternoon, an Atlanta jury found that a mattress manufacturer and a bedding components supplier weren't liable for injuries a woman allegedly incurred when her skin was punctured by a mattress in her husband's tractor-trailer sleeping cabin. 

  2. September 09, 2025

    Ga. Truck Driver Blames Defective Mattress For Wife's Injury

    A truck driver whose wife was allegedly injured after her skin was punctured by a mattress in his tractor-trailer's sleeping cabin told an Atlanta jury Tuesday that he believed she never would have been injured if the mattress had coil springs that were not defective.

  3. September 08, 2025

    Attys Debate 'Misuse' Or 'Defect' In Ga. Mattress Injury Trial

    A truck driver and his wife, who sued a mattress-maker and bedding components supplier over injuries she allegedly received after her skin was punctured by a mattress in a tractor-trailer's sleeping cabin, told an Atlanta jury that the mattress was defective, while the companies blamed mattress "misuse."

  4. April 03, 2023

    Competency Question Keeps Mattress Injury Case Alive

    A Georgia federal judge has refused to remand or dismiss a suit brought by a truck driver and his wife over severe injuries she allegedly received after her skin was punctured by a defective mattress installed in a tractor-trailer's sleeping cabin.