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Ashley Furniture has been around since the 1940s with around 30 million pieces of furniture purchased there every year. Some of their mattresses, namely memory foam mattresses and hybrid mattresses, have been found to contain fiberglass which has leaked in numerous homes and subsequently wreaked havoc. Right now it seems that many dissatisfied consumers will be taking things to court, and rightly so. In this article, we go over the details of the Ashley Furniture mattress lawsuit.
Details About Ashley Furniture Mattress Lawsuits
There have been many lawsuits against Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in the past few years from dissatisfied customers.
At the moment there are several law firms inviting anyone who’s had issues with fiberglass exposure to file a claim and take part in a class action fiberglass mattress lawsuit that’s currently being prepared.
Those who want to take legal action must meet some eligibility criteria:
- must have purchased one of the mattresses sold by Ashley Furniture,
- fiberglass must have leaked and glass shards must have either caused home contamination or injury to them/their family members.
So far, we know for sure there have been such cases. Ashley has failed to provide adequate warnings about the fiberglass presence and the dangers of removing the zipped outer cover of the mattress.
Just one quick look at Amazon reviews is enough to find lots of warnings from Ashley mattress users who learned about fiberglass in Ashely mattresses the hard way.
This mattress has fiberglass all in it. The description does not mention any fiberglass. My pillows, comforter, sheets all have to be replaced!!!! I can’t believe they are still selling this product!!
By Sonya on January 19, 2022
This mattress contains fiberglass. This wasn’t disclosed and the mattress has a cover with a zipper making it seem as though it’s safe to remove it. It’s not.
By Manda on December 10, 2022
Fiberglass everywhere. Placed mattress on bed and fiberglass fell everywhere on floor. Beware!!!
By Cuban_tattooist on December 11, 2022
We’ve warned about the dangers of fiberglass as a bed fire retardant before, especially because the tiny shards of glass end up everywhere in the house as well as everywhere on/in your body – from skin and eyes to nose and lungs.
These issues can cause extreme itchiness, coughing, and irritability in all family members, including pets. Cleaning up can be extremely difficult, professional cleaning services extremely expensive, and in a lot of cases, people had to throw away contaminated belongings, including the affected mattresses, clothes, toys, and furniture. The total damage caused by fiberglass sometimes goes up to tens of thousands of dollars.
Anyone who witnessed the horrors of a fiberglass leak in their home and possibly watched their children suffer from reactions to it deserves maximum compensation for injuries caused by glass fibers.
Consumers sometimes go for a few months without realizing that it’s their bed that’s actually causing them problems, which only gives more time for the issue to spread out.
Some people have even removed mattress covers to wash them – not like it’s their fault – the existence of a zipper on the mattress cover is inviting anyone to remove it in case they need to do so. Furniture companies and mattress manufacturers need to do a better job of notifying consumers about fiberglass. Once exposed, it’ll get into every corner of the home as glass shards get airborne like dust, and just like dust, they fall onto every surface of the room, and later, of the entire house.
Ashley Furniture isn’t the only store that’s been selling memory foam mattresses that contain fiberglass. Nectar and Zinus are two other notorious manufacturers whose mattresses are commonly sold online and are known to have the same issue with this fire retardant. Read about the Nectar mattress lawsuit for more information.
All these companies are quite popular because they keep their costs low, but at what cost to their buyers? It seems much easier to just get a mattress without fiberglass.
What Were the Outcomes of The Cases Against Ashley Furniture?
We have yet to see how the fiberglass class action lawsuits are going to unfold, but let’s take a look at other cases against Ashley Furniture and what the outcomes of those were (if any).
Some of these lawsuits are against Ashley HomeStores, which could be just regular furniture stores that sell Ashley furniture.
Case: Aberl v. Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC et al. – class action lawsuit filed in 2022
Reason: Ashley Furniture allegedly tricks buyers into thinking they’re getting discount prices when the company actually uses fake “original” sale prices.
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of California.
Outcome: Case status still pending. Latest update: “ORDER Granting #6 Joint Motion to Extend Defendant Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC’s Time to Respond to Class Action Complaint. Defendant SHALL RESPOND to the Complaint on or before 7/11/2022.”
Case: Daniel Wolf v. South Brunswick Furniture Inc., d/b/a Ashley Furniture HomeStore, et al. – class action lawsuit filed in 2017
Reason: Ashley Furniture failed to deliver furniture to Mr. Wolf at the agreed time, which is why he was unable to live in his new apartment for two weeks, during which time he had to pay for rent and utilities.
Court: Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County.
Outcome: Not published
Case: Pate v. Dufresne Spencer Group, LLC – filed in 2022
Reason: The family waited for furniture for weeks; the store kept hanging up on them or putting them on hold whenever they called. Then the store finally made some items available for pickup, making the family do a 370-mile round-trip, only to find some items damaged and some missing. The updated version of the claim includes the fact that the store canceled the missing couch, loveseat and chair, but failed to inform ACIMA, the financing company, so the family was charged for all items.
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Outcome: Case status still pending. Latest update: “JOINT DISCOVERY/CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN by Dufresne Spencer Group, LLC, filed.”
Case: Sladjana Perisic v. Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. filed in 2016
Reason: Perisic claimed that Ashley was “falsely, deceptively or misleadingly promoted, marketed, advertised, and sold furniture with DuraBlend”. Her furniture had become severely damaged after only a couple of years of normal use.
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Outcome: Perisic didn’t win. “ORDER dismissing case without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Clerk is directed to close the case and terminate any pending motions.”
FAQs
Yes, Ashley Furniture mattresses contain fiberglass. They are cheap mattresses and the company saves money by using cheap products. The most affordable of flame retardants out there is the infamous fiberglass, and that’s exactly what Ashley uses in its memory foam and hybrid mattresses.
Yes, there have been a few lawsuits (including class action lawsuits) against Ashley Furniture or one of their HomeStores in the past few years – some of them because Ashley Furniture didn’t honor the agreed delivery time (people waited for months), some because buyers received damaged items or didn’t get them at all, and some because Ashely falsely advertises (they show fake “original” prices to make people buy furniture at fake “discounts”).
Conclusion
Ashley Furniture is one of the most popular furniture stores in the US and its low prices are one of the things that attract consumers.
Recently, there have been numerous counts of Ashley mattress users who had a fiberglass leak in their homes. In some cases, this happened because people removed the mattress cover, and in other – no obvious reason, fiberglass just started falling out of the mattress.
Since the total damage is often outrageously high, law firms encourage consumers to file class action lawsuit claims and wait for the settlement that would cover at least a part of their losses. As for the other Ashley lawsuit claims, a good portion aren’t directly targeting Ashley Furniture, but some of their HomeStores.
For more info about cases against other mattress companies read our Vibe lawsuit, Avocado mattress lawsuit, and Purple mattress lawsuit articles.
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