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A woman says she was left 'sick, sore, lame and disabled' after consuming shards of plastic from a drink she was given during an American Airlines flight.
Shana Wall, Ryan Seacrest's ex girlfriend, was on a flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, NYC, to Rome, Italy, on May 1 when the incident occurred.
Wall claims that she was served a drink that had shards of plastic in it, leaving her extremely ill afterwards.
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She is now suing American Airlines and filed a suit at at the Manhattan Supreme Court Monday (August 19).
In the lawsuit The Amazing Race star, 51, says the ordeal left her with 'severe injury to her throat, oesophagus, vocal cords and digestive system'.
This reportedly left Wall bed-ridden and unable to work for a month. She's still receiving ongoing care because of the internal damage, she further claims.
The suit goes on to accuse American Airlines of having created a 'dangerous, defective and unsafe condition on the airplane' at the time of the ordeal.
It adds that the company 'had a duty to provide beverages and food that was uncontaminated and fit for consumption'.
Wall's suit further claims: "She was caused to be sick, sore, lame and disabled; was confined to home and bed; was caused to sustain a loss of enjoyment of life.
"She became incapacitated from the duties of her occupation, sustaining wage and economic loss, [and] has incurred, and will in the future continue to incur, expenses for the treatment of her injuries.
"She became obligated to expend monies for physicians' services and other medical care and treatment."
The Entourage actor is now is seeking unspecified damages for the alleged negligence.
UNILAD has approached American Airlines for comment.
Unfortunately finding traces of plastic in drinks isn't uncommon, as revealed by scientists earlier this year.
Research conducted by teams at Columbia and Rutgers universities was published in January which revealed that, on average, a liter of bottled water contains around 240,000 nanoplastics.
Speaking of the harm this can cause us, the research noted in the study: "Nanoplastics are believed to be more toxic since their smaller size renders them much more amenable, compared to microplastics, to enter the human body."
But study co-author Phoebe Stapleton, a toxicologist at Rutgers, added that more research needs to be done to determine if and how dangerous it could be.
