sold at Stew Leonard’s has filed a lawsuit against Stew Leonard’s, several employees of the company, and the cookie maker. When Baxendale ate a Florentine Cookie on Jan. 11, she had an anaphylactic reaction, went into cardiac arrest, lost consciousness and died, the suit says.
Cookies United has said that Stew Leonard’s created the incorrect labels and applied them to the product. It goes on to accuse Cookies United of failing to properly notify Stew Leonard’s of the change in ingredients. NBC Connecticut reached out to Stew Leonard and the company said, on the advice of our legal counsel, they can’t comment on pending litigation.