A New York City professional dancer who died from an allergic reaction to mislabeled cookies went into such extreme anaphylactic shock that her EpiPen was ineffective, her family’s attorneys said — as they vowed to seek “justice” from the supermarket that sold the food.
Órla Baxedale, 25, was practicing at a dance studio in Connecticut on Jan. 11 when she had a severe allergic reaction to Vanilla Florentine cookies from Stew Leonard’s, attorney Marijo C. Adimey said in a statement Thursday.
“Orla is very careful and very careful about everything she eats, and always checks the ingredients on all the packaging carefully. In addition, she always carries an EpiPen with her and surrounds herself with people who know how to administer it,” added the lawyer.
“In fact, when this tragic and preventable event occurred and after she began to have an anaphylactic reaction, an EpiPen was used but due to the severity of her allergy, it was ineffective,” the statement said.
Órla Baxedale died of anaphylactic shock on 11 January. Instagram / @orla_baxedale
Adimey also blasted CEO Stew Leonard’s insistence that the eponymous chain was not informed by the cookie manufacturer that the ingredients now included peanuts — even though the Long Island-based bakery said it updated the company in July 2023.
“In what can only be described as deplorable conduct, Stew Leonard chose to post a video statement with his family as he tried once again to deflect blame by stating that his Chief Product Officer was unaware of the material change,” the lawyer said.
“Instead of standing up and taking full responsibility as expected by the public, as expected by Orla’s family, Stew Leonard’s is engaging in a public relations media campaign and promoting their own interests,” he stressed. .
Baxedale died after eating a mislabeled cookie, his family’s lawyer said. Connecticut Department of Public Health
Baxendale’s passing is a double tragedy, Adimey continued, not only because his life was “tragically stolen,” but because his death was “100% unavoidable and avoidable.”
In an email to The Post on Thursday, Adimey added that “we have every intention of initiating action on behalf of her estate and seeking justice for Orla.”
“Based on Stew Leonard’s outrageous behavior of failing to list peanuts, to which Orla is severely allergic, in the cookie ingredients, we will definitely be taking legal action!” co-counsel Howard S. Hershenhorn added.
The Baxedale family’s lawyer slammed Stew Leonard’s response to the dancer’s death. News12 Bronx
Baxedale is originally from Manchester, and moved to New York City in 2018 to study on scholarship at the Ailey School.
At the time of her death, she was a professional dancer with the Momix Dance Company.
“Órla was very careful and not enough to take her with us, she had a severe allergic reaction to food products too soon,” Baxandale’s sister Niamh wrote in a heartbreaking Instagram tribute.
Baxedale moved to New York City a few years ago to study dance. EverLoved
“Órla is radiant, a dreamer. I am very proud to say that this girl is my sister, she is loved by everyone,” wrote her other sister, Ciara, on her own page.
Neither Niamh nor Ciara responded to The Post’s request for comment.
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