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A person is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Raglan Street Irish Pub & Restaurant after his spouse, a New York-based physician, died instantly shortly after consuming on the restaurant. The 19-page lawsuit alleges the wait employees was negligent towards his spouse’s extreme meals allergy symptoms.
In keeping with the lawsuit, Kanokporn Tangsuan, her husband Jeffrey Piccolo and Piccolo’s mom dined at Raglan Street Irish Pub in Disney Springs — which is a part of the Walt Disney World resort — in October 2023. They selected to eat on the restaurant, the lawsuit states, as a result of they believed it might have correct safeguards in opposition to Tangsuan’s extreme allergy to dairy and nuts.
The waiter assured the couple that sure meals could possibly be made allergen-free, which the 2 confirmed “a number of extra instances,” in response to the lawsuit filed on February 22 in Orange County, Florida. She ordered a vegan fritter, scallops, onion rings and a vegan shepherd’s pie, the lawsuit stated.
A number of the meals delivered lacked allergen-free flags, however the waiter once more assured the meals was allergen free, the lawsuit alleged.
After dinner, Tangsuan went procuring within the Disney Springs space, and started “affected by a extreme acute allergic response” whereas at Planet Hollywood, in response to the lawsuit.
Tangsuan “started having extreme issue respiration and collapsed to the ground,” and 911 was known as, in response to the lawsuit.
Regardless of self-administering an Epi-Pen, Tangsuan died from “anaphylaxis as a result of elevated ranges of dairy and nut in her system,” the lawsuit stated, attributing the knowledge to a health worker’s investigation.
CNN has reached out to Disney for remark.
Brian Denney, an lawyer for Piccolo, stated his consumer is “devastated over the untimely demise of his beloved spouse. Amy had an extended life in entrance of her and she or he and Jeff had plans to start out a household. This by no means ought to have occurred,” Denney stated. “Jeff is bringing this case, partially, to forestall a tragedy like this from taking place to a different household.”
Tangsuan glided by the title Amy, the lawyer stated. An online obituary lists her age as 42.
Tangsuan was a household drugs physician primarily based in New York, and was related to a number of hospitals together with NYU Langone, in response to a physician profile on US News and World Report.
The lawsuit alleges Raglan Street didn’t correctly practice its employees, that the workers didn’t correctly warn Tangsuan about allergens in her meals, and that the workers failed to organize the meals with out allergens as requested a number of instances.
The lawsuit additionally alleges negligence by Disney Parks and Resorts, because it has management over the eating places and insurance policies at Disney Springs.
Piccolo is searching for damages in extra of $50,000 pursuant to Florida’s Wrongful Loss of life Act, in addition to damages for psychological ache and struggling, lack of companionship and safety, lack of earnings and medical and funeral bills.