Woman sues Oprah claiming she was hurt in mad dash for seats
Posted March 21, 2008 11:00 pm
A woman claims in a lawsuit that she was injured in a dash for seats at Oprah Winfrey's talk show.
Orit Greenberg's lawsuit seeks at least $50,000 in damages.
She claims Winfrey's Harpo Studios failed to control the audience on December 5th, 2006.
The lawsuit says audience members were told to sit where they wanted to sit. The crowd allegedly pushed Greenberg down a flight of stairs causing "severe and permanent injuries."
A Harpo Studios spokeswoman tells The Associated Press that the studio doesn't comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court this week.