National Seating and Mobility Sued For Wrongful Death of Disabled Man
National Seating and Mobility sent two repair men to service a motorized wheelchair used by quadriplegic Jeffrey Thompson. Thompson died from injuries he suffered when repairmen tried to service his motorized wheelchair while he was sitting in it. According to the lawsuit the wheelchair malfunctioned and shorted-out causing Jeffrey to be thrown from the chair and the chair crushed his legs. Jeffrey then went into a seizure. Remarkably the repair men did not call 911 and Jeffrey died.
The parents of Jeffrey filed a wrongful death lawsuit and are seeking $10 million in damages from National Seating and Mobility and will establish a foundation in the name of their son. It is too bad that such tragedies continue to take place because companies fail to establish proceedures for their workers.
