Stew Leonard’s CEO, staff can’t be personally sued over NYC professional dancer’s mislabeled cookie death, judge rules

Source: New York Post

Stew Leonard’s CEO and staff cannot be personally sued over the death of a New York City-based professional ballet dancer who ate a mislabeled holiday cookie containing peanuts. Orla Baxendale’s family and estate cannot hold CEO Stew Leonard Jr. and other grocery employees individually liable in their wrongful death claims under the Connecticut Product Liability Act (CPLA), Waterbury Superior Court Judge Kimberly Massicotte ruled Oct.