A longtime patron of a Woodland Hills hair salon dropped her lawsuit against the establishment in which she alleged that a cookie she picked up from a hospitality tray contained the drug by-product for marijuana.
A lawyer for Jo Ann Nickerson, 72, filed papers on Wednesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elia Weinbach asking for dismissal of her lawsuit against Blush Salon. The documents do not state whether a settlement was reached or if Nickerson is not pursuing the case for other reasons.
Court papers filed by an attorney for the salon denied any wrongdoing on the part of her client.
In her suit filed Aug. 19, Nickerson said she visited the salon in October 2013 for beauty services and had not eaten anything else all day. As she was leaving, she took a cookie from a tray set out for guests and patrons, according to the suit, which says the business regularly provided baked home goods for its customers as part of its “service, hospitality and ambiance.”
Within an hour of eating the cookie, Nickerson developed “a severe reaction, including hallucinations, rapid heart beat, confusion, disorientation, light-headedness, dizziness, blurred vision, tingling, a headache and nausea,” the suit stated.
She found herself unable to speak or had delayed speech and was completely incapacitated.”
Thinking she might be having a heart attack, Nickerson sought medical attention at West Hills Hospital, where a blood test proved positive for THC, the chemical responsible for most of marijuana’s psychological effects,
according to her lawsuit.
Nickerson had never used marijuana “for any purpose at any time,” according to her complaint.
