Lawsuit filed in the death of dancer with a peanut allergy who died after eating mislabelled cookie

The property of a younger dancer who died after consuming a mislabelled cookie containing peanuts has filed a wrongful dying lawsuit, claiming the failure to correctly label the package deal was grossly negligent.

Órla Ruth Baxendale, 25, died Jan. 11 after consuming a Florentine cookie bought by grocery retailer Stew Leonard’s and struggling an anaphylactic response, in keeping with the lawsuit. Baxendale, who had a extreme peanut allergy, had moved to New York City from England to pursue a profession as a dancer and was in “the prime of her life,” in keeping with the lawsuit filed Thursday in Superior Court in Waterbury.

The batch of vacation cookies bought at Stew Leonard’s shops in Danbury and Newington in Connecticut late final yr have been later recalled. The cookies have been produced by the Long Island-based wholesaler Cookies United and labelled with the Stew Leonard’s model identify, state officers stated.

Both firms are named within the lawsuit, together with a number of Stew Leonard’s staff.

Failure to correctly label the cookie package deal previous to sale “was grossly negligent, intentional, reckless, callous, indifferent to human life, and a wanton violation as the manufacturer and seller were required under the law to properly declare the ingredients,” in keeping with the lawsuit.

A spokesperson for Stew Leonard’s stated they may not touch upon pending litigation.

The normal counsel for Cookies United didn’t reply to an e mail searching for remark Friday night.

Stew Leonard’s stated in January that the provider went from soy nuts to peanuts within the recipe with out notifying their chief security officer.

Cookies United had stated they notified Stew Leonard’s final July that the product contained peanuts and that every one merchandise shipped to the retailer had been labelled accordingly.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified financial and punitive damages.