Former Wonderful Race contestant Shana Wall has filed a lawsuit towards American Airways after she allegedly swallowed plastic on a flight to Rome.
First reported by The New York Publish, 51-year-old Wall filed a lawsuit towards American Airways with the New York County Clerk on August 12. Per courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, the actress and mannequin, who dated Ryan Seacrest previously, claimed to have sustained “severe and everlasting private accidents” after she swallowed “damaged plastic and shards” in a beverage served to her on a Could 1 flight from John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport.
Wall is a sommelier and contributing recipe author to Finest Life, however she is probably finest recognized for her stint on season 12 of The Wonderful Race in 2001. She went on thus far Seacrest from 2003 to 2005.
The incident allegedly resulted in “damage to [Wall’s] throat, esophagus, vocal cords and digestive system” that left her “confined to house and mattress” and unable to work, affected by inner harm attributable to the plastic shards.
Per the grievance, Wall was “prompted to be sick, sore, lame and disabled” and was “prompted to maintain a lack of enjoyment of life; she turned incapacitated from the duties of her occupation, sustaining wage and financial loss.”
Wall is in search of an unspecified quantity in damages, however the lawsuit states she had “incurred, and can sooner or later proceed to incur, bills for the therapy of her accidents” and would require sooner or later “extra medical care and therapy on account of her private accidents.”
Us has reached out to representatives for each Wall and American Airways for remark.
“[American Airlines] had an obligation to supply drinks and meals that was uncontaminated and match for consumption,” Wall claimed in her lawsuit, saying the airline “created the damaging, faulty and unsafe situation on the airplane.”
Regardless of the alleged incident on the way in which to her trip, Wall nonetheless shared updates of her wine-tasting tour all through Italy by way of Instagram in Could. “Alba nights ! 🥰. Stunning vertical #BriccoRocche ##Barolo 1982, 1986 & 1990 🍷🍷🍷,” the New York resident wrote by way of Instagram on Could 18. “The ‘86 was the desk favourite. Ever-changing within the glass 🫶. Fairly a magnificence! What an evening!”
This isn’t the primary time this yr {that a} superstar has had a severe subject with an airline. Final month, United Airways issued an apology to Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Terrell Davis after he was briefly positioned on a no-fly checklist and escorted off of an airplane in handcuffs on July 13.
“Now we have apologized to Mr. Davis for his expertise and proceed to evaluation our dealing with of incidents like this to guard our highest precedence — the security of our clients and crew,” United mentioned in a July 30 assertion.