Faulty Badminton Racket Killed NJ 6-Year-Old, Parents’ Lawsuit Says

A Sussex County family is suing sporting goods company Franklin Sports after a badminton racket snapped during a Maine vacation on June 1, 2026, sending a metal stem flying into the skull of six-year-old Lucy Morgan, who died five days later at Maine Medical Center. The lawsuit alleges the racket was defective and lacked adequate safeguards to prevent the metal portion from becoming a projectile, and seeks damages on behalf of Lucy’s estate and her three siblings who witnessed the incident.