The family of Easton Oliverson, who fell off a bunk bed and suffered a serious head injury just days before the Little League World Series, has filed a lawsuit.
A picture of Mountain Region Champion Little League team member Easton Oliverson, from Santa Clara, is shown on the scoreboard at Volunteer Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Little League World Series baseball tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022. Oliverson was injured when he fell out of a bunk bed at the dormitory complex.suffered a serious head injuryJace and Nancy Oliverson, are suing Little League Baseball Inc.
In August, the league admitted the bunk beds did not have guard rails. In response to Oliverson’s fall, the league removed the bunk beds from the dormitories in Willliamsport. Little League said last month that it is “unaware of any serious injuries ever occurring” since 1992, when the bunk beds were introduced.
The lawsuit also claims that the company that makes the bunk beds “sold ‘dangerous and defective’ bunk beds that ‘caused significant and permanent injuries to’ Easton,” per the article.Oliverson fell off a bunk bed in Williamsport, Pa., and underwent surgery for his injury back on Aug. 15. In recent days, he had been recovering in a Salt Lake City hospital.
The boy returned home to Santa Clara for the first time since the fall on Monday night, per an Instagram account that regularly posts updates on his progress.Oliverson received support from friends, BYU football players and several MLB celebrities —
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