PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL — A California Pizza Kitchen restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens is facing a civil lawsuit in Palm Beach County after a customer with celiac disease alleged that the restaurant served her a regular, gluten-containing pizza in place of the gluten-free pizza she ordered, according to a complaint filed this month in circuit court.
Victoria Ramdeholl and her husband, Erick Ramdeholl, filed the lawsuit against California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. on July 15, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. Court records list the case as Victoria Ramdeholl and Erick Ramdeholl v. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., Case No. 502026CA007914XXXAMB, assigned to Division AH. The complaint was electronically filed with the office of Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court Michael A. Caruso on the morning of July 15, records show.
The plaintiffs are represented by The Russo Law Firm of North Palm Beach. The filing lists attorney Nicholas Russo as counsel for the plaintiffs.
According to the complaint, the Ramdeholls were patrons at the California Pizza Kitchen at 3101 PGA Boulevard, Suite L-213, in Palm Beach Gardens on October 5, 2025. The lawsuit states that Victoria Ramdeholl suffers from severe celiac disease and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, conditions the complaint describes as making gluten exposure medically dangerous to her.
The complaint alleges that the restaurant advertised and offered a gluten-free pizza, that Ramdeholl ordered it, and that the restaurant instead served her a regular pizza containing gluten. Believing it was the gluten-free pizza she had ordered, she consumed a portion of it, the lawsuit alleges. The complaint states that another employee then brought the correct gluten-free pizza to the table and that the restaurant's general manager was present, apologized, and provided his business card.
The lawsuit alleges that shortly after eating the pizza, Ramdeholl developed a severe allergic and mast cell reaction that included shortness of breath, shallow breathing, and bumps on the roof of her mouth and tongue. According to the complaint, she required emergency care and was taken to Jupiter Medical Center, where she received intravenous medication and fluids. The filing claims the gluten exposure aggravated her preexisting conditions and caused ongoing symptoms requiring continuing care.
The complaint brings three counts against California Pizza Kitchen. The first count alleges negligence, claiming the restaurant owed a duty to prepare and serve the designated gluten-free order with reasonable care and breached that duty. The second count alleges breach of the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose under Florida's Uniform Commercial Code, claiming the food did not conform to what was ordered. The third count, brought by Erick Ramdeholl, alleges loss of consortium, claiming he lost his wife's companionship, society, comfort, and services as a result of her injuries.
The complaint states the action involves damages in excess of $50,000, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney's fees. The Ramdeholls seek compensatory and consequential damages, taxable costs, and prejudgment and post-judgment interest where recoverable. The filing includes a demand for trial by jury on all issues.
The claims described in the lawsuit are allegations. They have not been proven in court, and no finding of fault has been made against California Pizza Kitchen. The filing reviewed by Boca Post does not include a response from the defendant.
Palm Beach Gardens sits in northern Palm Beach County, and civil cases arising there are heard in the county's circuit court system. The restaurant named in the complaint operates along PGA Boulevard, one of the area's main commercial corridors. Food-service and premises claims are a routine part of the circuit civil docket, though each turns on its own facts and evidence.
Boca Post reviewed the complaint, Victoria Ramdeholl and Erick Ramdeholl v. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., Case No. 502026CA007914XXXAMB, filed July 15, 2026 in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida.
As of the filing reviewed by Boca Post, the case is newly filed, a jury trial has been demanded, and no defense response is included in the record. The docket does not list a next hearing.
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