2023-08-15 02:09:15
A New Hampshire woman is suing Eataly Boston, saying she broke her ankle when she slipped on a piece of prosciutto (Italian ham) in the Prudential Center food court last year.
Alice Cohen, of Gilford, filed suit Friday in Suffolk High Court seeking at least $50,000 in damages.
The lawsuit says Alice and her husband, Ronald, were shopping at Eataly on October 7, 2022, when Alice slipped on a piece of prosciutto in an area where food samples were being offered to customers.
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“As plaintiff Alice Cohen approached the area, she slipped and fell on a piece of ham on the ground, injuring her left ankle and causing a fracture,” the lawsuit states. The court record says she suffered a sprained left ankle and an avulsion fracture of the distal fibula.
He also incurred more than $7,500 in medical bills, including medical bills, hospital bills, and physical therapy expenses.
His lawyers say the injury caused him “a loss of enjoyment of life” as well as “great pain and suffering.”
The lawsuit says Eataly “had a duty to ensure that the surface of the floors was free from unnecessary hazards, a duty to use ordinary care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition, and a duty to warn of such dangerous conditions.”
You can read the full lawsuit below:
Ronald Cohen is also named as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, as he reportedly “suffered the loss of consortium with his wife,” the legal term for when an injured spouse can no longer provide their spouse with “love, companionship , the comfort, services, support or intimate relationships they provided before the accident”.
An email was sent to Eataly on Monday but no response yet. The company has until December 11 to file a response to the lawsuit in court.
Eataly Boston opened in November 2016. The three-story Italian market employs hundreds of people and features several restaurants, a coffee shop, mozzarella station, pastry lab, butcher, fishmonger, pizza, and thousands of other retail items. .
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