Woman whose skull was cracked by exploding whipped cream dispenser gets US$1.2 million payout
In a case echoing the death of fitness blogger Rebecca Burger, Emilie Lada suffered severe, life-changing injuries
A French court has awarded a million-euro payout to a woman whose skull was cracked by an exploding whipped cream dispenser, in a case echoing the death of a fitness blogger in June.
The woman’s attorney, Emeline Petitgirard, said the sum was unusually large for France, where civil courts are “generally skittish” about big monetary awards “in the absence of death”.
But the attorney said the case of Emilie Lada, who was 30 at the time, was particularly tragic - the “colossal” 1.09 million euro (US$1.2 million) sum is “for a life snatched away”.
When the whipped cream cannister exploded in December 2013 it cracked Lada’s skull, prompted intracranial bleeding and tore off part of her face.
“But the surgeons’ work was quite astonishing and the disfigurement is now barely visible,” Petitgirard said.
However Lada can no longer work and has lost her sense of taste and smell, she added.
