A Georgia family is suing Sealy Mattress after a man was found dead in a locked trailer
AND Georgian man loved ones are filing a lawsuit against one of America’s largest mattress manufacturers after he was found dead in a trailer on the company’s property.
Joshua Armour, 27, went missing in October, prompting a frantic search by his family. They eventually traced the location of his phone to the Sealy Mattress Company facility in Conyers, Georgia, the lawsuit alleges.
The family alerted a supervisor at the facility that Armour’s phone indicated he was on the property, but employees were allegedly told to lock all trailers because they were concerned about an unknown person at the location, according to the lawsuit. The family also said they were not allowed to search the area and were asked to leave.
Armour’s body was found a week later locked in a trailer at the Sealy Mattress factory. He allegedly suffered from a mental health crisis when he wandered into the property.
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Joshua Armour, 27, went missing in October, prompting a frantic family search for him, eventually tracing the location of his phone to a property in Conyers, Georgia. (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew Law Firm via AP)
Jasmine Jennings, Armour’s fiancee, alleges in the lawsuit that he died a “horrible and inexplicable” death “due to the willful omissions and gross negligence of Sealy, Tempur-Pedic and related entities.”
“Sealy did absolutely nothing to locate or protect Joshua,” the lawsuit reads in part.
“Tragically, Sealy chose to act only to protect his property, while knowingly choosing to disregard Joshua’s life and his family’s pleas,” it added.
Armour’s phone location showed him on the property at a Sealy Mattress company facility in Conyers, Georgia, but when the family notified supervisors at Sealy, they allegedly told employees to lock the trailer doors, the lawsuit alleges. (Google Earth)
Tempur Sealy International offered their condolences in a statement Friday and said they were investigating the incident.
“We have conducted a thorough investigation to understand all the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident and have cooperated fully with local authorities,” the company said.
According to The Associated Press, the company has surveillance video of an unidentified person on the property, but a supervisor refused to let the family see it that night, making it impossible to confirm whether it was Armour, said Mark Johnson, one of the family’s attorneys.
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“We wrote to Sealy and asked for all the videos and have not heard back,” Johnson said. “Nothing.”
Armour’s family requested a jury trial.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
