25-year-old dancer with peanut allergy dies from mislabeled cookie at Stew Leonard's supermarket; family files lawsuit.

25-year-old dancer Orla Baxendale, who had a severe peanut allergy, died after eating a mislabeled cookie containing peanuts from Stew Leonard's supermarket. Her family has filed a lawsuit against Stew Leonard's, employees, and the cookie manufacturer, Cookies United LLC, accusing them of gross negligence, recklessness, and violating food safety laws. The lawsuit claims that Stew Leonard's failed to update the cookie box's label to indicate the change in the recipe that included peanuts.

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