Woman Sues After Alleged Fingertip In Juice
- Portland resident Julee O’Neil sued Trader Joe’s in Multnomah County Circuit Court after alleging a 52-ounce bottle of store-brand orange juice contained a rubber glove tip and possibly human tissue. - The complaint says O’Neil bought the juice in June 2025 at Trader Joe’s Hollywood-area Portland store, felt what she thought was pulp, then sought urgent care after gagging and nausea. - The suit seeks $10,000 plus legal fees, and Trader Joe’s had not commented in local reports as of April 24. (kgw.com)
A Portland woman has sued Trader Joe’s after alleging she found a rubber glove fingertip, and possibly swallowed human tissue, in a bottle of orange juice. (kgw.com) (oregonlive.com) The plaintiff, Julee O’Neil, filed the case on Monday, April 20, in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon. She is seeking $10,000 in damages, plus attorney fees and other costs, and requested a jury trial. (kgw.com) (lawandcrime.com) According to the complaint, O’Neil bought a 52-ounce bottle of Trader Joe’s Organic Orange Juice with pulp at the chain’s Northeast Halsey Street store in Portland in June 2025. A few days later, while finishing the bottle, she said she felt what seemed like “a large piece of pulp” in her mouth. (kgw.com) (yahoo.com) When she pulled the object out, the lawsuit says, she found the fingertip of a rubber glove. The complaint adds that she believed the glove tip might also have contained the end of a human finger, or that she may already have swallowed it with the juice pulp. (kgw.com) (usatoday.com) O’Neil says she began gagging, felt nauseated, and had a burning sensation in her mouth. Local reports say she went to urgent care after the incident, though the complaint does not describe the outcome of that visit. (kgw.com) (katu.com) The case turns on product-liability claims that the juice was defective when it was sold. O’Neil’s lawyers say she gave Trader Joe’s written notice and asked for a $10,000 settlement before filing suit, but the company did not pay. (kgw.com) (independent.co.uk) As of the local reports published April 21 and April 24, Trader Joe’s had not provided a public response to KGW or other outlets. The case is now in Oregon state court, where the contamination claim will have to be tested with evidence rather than allegation. (kgw.com) (oregonlive.com)
