Jenny Craig Diet Led to 1,000 Gallstones, Customer Alleges

L.A. comic Mara Shapshay isn't finding her life very funny right now. On May 29, Shapshay filed a negligence lawsuit in L.A. Superior Court against Jenny Craig, claiming she got 1,000 gallstones after using the weight-loss program. Shapshay, an L.A.-based stand-up comedian who is also a contributing writer to the Huffington Post, says in the lawsuit that about one year after signing up for Jenny Craig, she "developed severe pain in her right abdomen" that sent her to the emergency room in October 2012. Shapshay underwent surgery during which the gallstones were found, the lawsuit says.

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