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Oprah show sued by audience member
By M&C Smallscreen Mar 22, 2008, 19:45 GMT
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A woman claims in a lawsuit that she was injured in a dash for seats at Oprah Winfrey's talk show.
The AP reports that Orit Greenberg's lawsuit seeks at least $50,000 in damages.
Greenberg contends that Winfrey's Harpo Studios "failed to control the audience on December 5th, 2006."
The lawsuit says audience members were told there was open festival seating. The crowd allegedly pushed Greenberg down a flight of stairs causing "severe and permanent injuries."
A Harpo Studios spokeswoman told AP reporters that the studio doesn't comment on pending litigation.
The lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court this week.
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