
Shana Wall. Maury Phillips/WireImage
Former Superb Race contestant Shana Wall has filed a lawsuit in opposition to American Airways after she allegedly swallowed plastic on a flight to Rome.
First reported by The New York Publish, 51-year-old Wall filed a lawsuit in opposition to American Airways with the New York County Clerk on August 12. Per courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, the actress and mannequin, who dated Ryan Seacrest prior to now, claimed to have sustained “severe and everlasting private accidents” after she swallowed “damaged plastic and shards” in a beverage served to her on a Could 1 flight from John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport.
Wall is a sommelier and contributing recipe author to Greatest Life, however she is probably finest identified for her stint on season 12 of The Superb Race in 2001. She went on to this point Seacrest from 2003 to 2005.
The incident allegedly resulted in “harm to [Wall’s] throat, esophagus, vocal cords and digestive system” that left her “confined to house and mattress” and unable to work, affected by inner harm brought on by the plastic shards.
Per the criticism, Wall was “brought about to be sick, sore, lame and disabled” and was “brought about to maintain a lack of enjoyment of life; she grew to become incapacitated from the duties of her occupation, sustaining wage and financial loss.”
Wall is searching for an unspecified quantity in damages, however the lawsuit states she had “incurred, and can sooner or later proceed to incur, bills for the therapy of her accidents” and would require sooner or later “further medical care and therapy on account of her private accidents.”
Us has reached out to representatives for each Wall and American Airways for remark.

Ryan Seacrest and Shana Wall. Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
“[American Airlines] had an obligation to offer drinks and meals that was uncontaminated and match for consumption,” Wall claimed in her lawsuit, saying the airline “created the damaging, faulty and unsafe situation on the airplane.”
Regardless of the alleged incident on the way in which to her trip, Wall nonetheless shared updates of her wine-tasting tour all through Italy through Instagram in Could. “Alba nights ! 🥰. Lovely vertical #BriccoRocche ##Barolo 1982, 1986 & 1990 🍷🍷🍷,” the New York resident wrote through Instagram on Could 18. “The ‘86 was the desk favourite. Ever-changing within the glass 🫶. Fairly a magnificence! What an evening!”
This isn’t the primary time this yr {that a} celeb has had a severe concern with an airline. Final month, United Airways issued an apology to Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Terrell Davis after he was briefly positioned on a no-fly record and escorted off of an airplane in handcuffs on July 13.
“We’ve apologized to Mr. Davis for his expertise and proceed to overview our dealing with of incidents like this to guard our highest precedence — the protection of our clients and crew,” United mentioned in a July 30 assertion.


