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A 76-year-old woman is suing a catering company for $30,000 after she ate a lasagna spiked with cannabis at a wedding in February, leaving her with 'severe, permanent injuries'.
Virginia Taylor-Svoboda attended the wedding of a relative before which the bride, Danya Svoboda, 42, allegedly schemed with Joycelyn Bryant, 31, of Joycelyn's Southern Kitchen, to serve bread, pasta and desserts laced with marijuana to nearly 70 unknowing guests.
They started feeling sick soon after eating the variety of foods prepared by Bryant and at least eight people were taken to the hospital, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. Some were even taken out by paramedics on stretchers.
On top of the new civil charges accusing Bryant of negligence, the bride and caterer were criminally charged in April with delivering marijuana, tampering with guests' food and misdemeanor culpable negligence after the dinner.
Taylor-Svoboda's lawsuit, filed on Monday, states that Bryant 'knew, or should have known, that allowing the food served [by Joycelyn’s Southern Kitchen] to be laced with marijuana was reasonably likely to cause injuries and damages to wedding guests.'
Bride Danya Svoboda, 42, (left) collaborated with caterer Joycelyn Bryant, 31, (right) to drug her wedding guests with cannabis. A relative of Svoboda is now suing Bryant's catering company for $30,000 in damages
By the time police arrived, employees of Bryant's catering service, 'Joycelyn's Southern Kitchen,' were fleeing into their vehicles and away from the venue. Bryant is pictured here in a promotional photo
Svoboda cried at the altar and guests cheered after she and her partner Andrew were officially pronounced husband and wife. He would later be too stoned to answer officers' questions
A woman identified as Melissa Stout said she attended the wedding from Michigan. After feeling buzzed from a couple of drinks, she ate some food to stop herself from becoming too intoxicated.
She had a Caesar salad, a pasta with white sauce and bread with herb dip, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Law and Crime.
'After eating the food, she felt much worse,' deputies say. She 'didn't notice anyone else getting sick as she was on her hands and knees throwing up.'
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