The CDC reports: Shigellosis is a nationally notifiable diarrheal illness caused by gram-negative bacteria. Shigella infection is spread through fecal-oral transmission and sexual contact. Although most infections are self-limited, antibiotics are indicated for severe illness or to reduce transmission in settings with high risk for spread. Since 2015, a growing proportion of cases has been caused by […]
Chick Jacobs of The Fayetteville Observer has written an excellent article addressing the E. coli outbreak at North Carolina State Fair’s petting zoo last fall and how this year’s fair will hopefully bring fewer kids to the hospital. From the article: The placement was too striking to ignore. Twenty yards, give or take a turkey […]
William Marler, a nationally-known attorney who has represented the most seriously injured victims of E. coli in the United States, today called on Dole’s corporate leaders “to do the right thing and immediately pay the medical bills and wage loss of those sickened with E. coli in the Dole lettuce outbreak. In many past outbreaks, […]
The Dole Company, Inc., whose ready-to-eat salads have recently been linked to a large E. coli outbreak and multiple hospitalizations, was named as defendant in a lawsuit filed today by Leonard and Carol Tvedten of Fairmont, Minnesota. (Federal Cause No. 05-CV-2404) William Marler, the nationally-known attorney who has represented victims of large E. coli outbreaks […]
As the Seattle Times reported today, one person has died and 13 were sickened at a Bellevue assisted-living facility after an outbreak of symptoms that public-health officials say point to E. coli, a potentially deadly food-borne bacterium. From the article: The woman who died Thursday night was in her 80s, said Marili Rounds, executive director […]
Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of E. coli poisoning, has learned that local Seattle health officials are investigating two outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7, the potentially deadly foodborne pathogen that first became widely known during a 1993 outbreak linked to Seattle-area Jack in the Box restaurants. The outbreaks […]
With at least 23 people in Minnesota sickened with the deadly E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, 8 of them hospitalized and 1 child developing acute kidney failure, all from apparently eating bagged, “pre-washed” lettuce, one needs to ask if the convenience is worth the risk. According to the FDA, more that 245,000 bags of lettuce might […]
A lawsuit filed by a Beaver man who needed a liver transplant in 2003 after he fell ill in the hepatitis A outbreak at a former Beaver Valley Mall restaurant has been settled for $6.25 million. A federal judge approved a $4.1 million trust to pay for the ongoing care of Richard Miller, 58. The […]
As the Associated Press reported today, a man who needed a liver transplant after he got hepatitis A from a Chi-Chi’s restaurant has settled a lawsuit against the bankrupt chain for $6.25 million US. Richard Miller, 58, was among 660 people sickened by scallions served at a Chi-Chi’s near Pittsburgh in the fall of 2003. […]
The Clark County, Nevada, Health Department warned that a food worker at the Global Gaming Expo, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center September 13-15, 2005, tested positive for hepatitis A. The infected food worker was serving Schwan’s ice cream samples at the Schwan’s Food Service Booth, and did not show symptoms of the illness […]
In an interview for The Food Recall Manual, a publication sponsored by the US Army Grant #DAAD13-03-03-C-0065, I expressed my opinions about foodborne illness litigation in “My Best Advice” – The Prosecuting Attorney.
Marler Clark and Underberg & Kessler filed a class action complaint today against the New York Office of State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The lawsuit, which was filed in the State of New York Court of Claims, was filed on behalf of nearly 4,000 people who became ill with Cryptosporidiosis after visiting the Spraypark […]
Craig Fox of the Finger Lakes Times has also reported on the spraypark claim filed. From the article: A Rochester attorney and a nationally known Seattle law firm yesterday filed a notice of claim for a class action suit they may bring on behalf of some families who became sick after visiting the spraypark at […]
Lauren Stanforth, a staff writer for DemocratandChronicle.com, has reported on Marler Clark’s notice filed against New York state over Seneca Lake State Park’s Sprayground outbreak this summer. From the article: Two lawyers filed a notice Thursday with the state Attorney General’s Office that they intend to pursue a class action lawsuit against the state for […]
Marler Clark and Underberg & Kessler filed a notice of claim today against the New York Office of State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The notice indicates the intent to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of over 3,200 people who became ill with Cryptosporidiosis after visiting the Sprayground at Seneca Lake State Park […]
During the ten years between 1989 and 1999, recreational water venues were associated with approximately 170 outbreaks. Of those outbreaks, nearly half resulted in gastrointestinal illness from such pathogens as Cryptosporidium, E. coli O157:H7, and Shigella. In 1997, 369 people, mostly children, became ill with Cryptosporidiosis after playing in a water fountain at a Minnesota […]