BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. (Fox35) - A Florida woman who filed a lawsuit after she ate ice cream that was reportedly contaminated with nails & metal fragments, leading to years of health issues, was awarded a multi-million judgment in Brevard County court – $14 million.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2019, but the case went to trial earlier this month. The jury found the ice cream franchise liable.
The backstory:
According to court documents, Brandy Buckley said she went to the Bruster's Ice Cream store in Palm Bay, Florida, in 2018 & bought some ice cream.
She claimed in the lawsuit that the ice cream she purchased was contaminated with "foreign & unnatural objects," including metal nails & metal shards, according to her attorneys.
She ate the ice cream, but was unaware that it had nails or metal pieces in it, according to the court documents. She swallowed some of the metal pieces, which caused internal injuries.
According to the lawsuit, Buckley needed emergency surgery, where doctors reportedly removed a nail & several metal shards from her body. She also suffered medical complications, including portal vein thrombosis & internal bleeding.
"An ablation was performed, which ultimately resulted in permanent infertility," attorneys said in a news release.
The jury found the national Bruster's franchise & the local ice cream shop liable for damages & awarded Buckley $14,147,5245.39.
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