PROVIDENCE – The mother of a four-month-old baby who died by suffocation in January 2021 is suing the manufacturer of the Boppy newborn lounger , alleging that the company sold defective pillows that led to the death of her daughter and eight other infants.
Italia Cotugno, acting as the administrator of her late daughter’s estate, sued the Boppy Co ., and its owners, Artsana USA and Artsana S.P.A. in U.S. District Court.
She accuses the companies of failing to adequately warn parents about the pillows’ defective design, leading to her daughter’s “horrific suffering and death by suffocation” on Jan. 28, 2021. Cotugno alleges that the companies’ negligence contributed to the wrongful death of the baby and is seeking unspecified damages for the child’s “excruciating suffering.”
“The Boppy defendants marketed, advertised and sold the Boppy Lounger as a product that infants could be placed in safely when the Boppy defendants knew or should have known that placing infants in the Boppy Lounger could cause infants to suffer catastrophic injuries and death,” the suit says.