Posted on 04/11/2021 4:55:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The family of a model who was left brain-damaged after having a serious allergic reaction to a peanut butter-infused pretzel was awarded nearly $30 million by a Las Vegas jury.
Chantel Giacalone’s family was awarded the $29.5 million sum Friday when a jury found that the responding ambulance service negligently treated her in 2013, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
“At least my daughter will be taken care of. I’m happy about that,” her father, Jack Giacalone, said after the verdict was read.
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could be. Chantel didn’t look like a 12 yo boy
No, she’s pretty.
Lourdes is for the miracles
The Louvre is for the artwork.
Pretzels? Brain damage? So I can blame the free pretzels and not the beer?
Oops.
Wonderful seashell...
She might be cute from afar but she is FAR FROM CUTE!
The defendants are damn lucky she is daughter or granddaughter of THE TONY JACK GIACALONE
boss of the DETROIT outfit in its heyday
I knew him somewhat as well as Jackie
The Giacalones run Detroit
Affable for a straightened out guy but not to be messed with
Wonder if related
I’m a sucker for dark eyed dark haired Italian, Mexican, or even Asian girls, or at least I used to be. My half Italian bride may be close by so I’d better be careful.
Why is this allergy affecting so many people? I grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and, peanut butter cookies.
At grade school, the cafeteria was filled with the smell of peanut butter and jelly. Some kids had jars of jelly and peanut butter, bread and a knife to make them fresh. Never did I see anyone collapse, stop breathing, and lose consciousness from anaphylactic shock. Now someone can collapse from kissing their peanut butter eating lover.
Wonder if she used to sell them?
Our school cafeteria had bread & PB on each table in case somebody wanted more to eat than what was on their lunch plate.
Probably no assets.
They went for the deep pockets.
When in Naples, Italy, I saw the Italian female in its perfection. After thinking it was the Norwegian women, I rate the Italians as among the most beautiful women in the world.
I think you mean Lourdes. The other is a museum.
Married to an Italian. I agree on the men side ; )
“Now that she has $30 million, she can fly to the Louvre to get miraculously healed”
Is there a special painting or statue that heals?
Definitely a candidate for frequent trial infusions.
Leading theory is the hygene hypothesis that we’ve gotten too clean and young children aren’t developing their immune system to recognize real dangers.
There’s nothing certain there.
Its possible, it can also be connected to our over process food problems.
I’m of the theory that we’ve gotten too used to fresh food no leftovers because food is thrown out or wasted too soon. It might be a combination of all those thing.
Another possibility I see is that kids are growing up with fewer brothers and sisters. I tend to think that there is some health problems associated with that, but I can’t figure out what.
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