The FDA has published the following warning: Consumers worldwide should not use any ByHeart brand infant formula as all ByHeart products are included in this recall. As we know, as of November 26, 2025, a total of 37 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism and confirmed exposure to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula (various […]
Today I asked Chi Chi’s to pay damages to the nearly 300 people infected with hepatitis-A after eating at the restaurant’s Beaver Valley Mall location in October and early November. I am representing nearly 40 people sickened and exposed in the outbreak and have already filed one lawsuit against Chi Chi’s. It is time Chi […]
From a recent article in the San Mateo County Times: The families of several local E. coli sufferers have contacted a Seattle-based lawyer who has collected tens of millions of dollars in settlements in food-poisoning cases. William Marler, a personal-injury attorney who has represented hundreds of E. coli, salmonella and botulism victims, said Tuesday several […]
I’ve been reappointed to a second term with the Washington State University Board of Regents, which I currently serve as president. I was first appointed to the WSU Board of Regents in 1998. I served as a member of the Pullman City Council while attending WSU, as the youngest and first student ever elected to […]
Marler Clark and Keeney, Waite & Stevens filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Christopher and Karie Galindo, and their daughter, Kayce, who is suffering from a severe E. coli O157:H7 infection after consuming contaminated lettuce at Pat & Oscar’s on September 28. The lawsuit was filed against Gold Coast Produce and Family Tree Produce […]
Todd Frankel of the Post-Dispatch called dining with me an unusual experience in his recent article “Seattle attorney is representing 5 of 6 victims in E. coli outbreak,” which refers to the recent Habaneros E. coli Outbreak in Missouri. As Frankel reported: “I haven’t eaten a hamburger since Jack in the Box,” Marler said, referring […]
In his recent article “E. coli Strikes Like Lightning,” Todd C. Frankel of the Post-Dispatch recently reported on several of the e. coli victims who ate at Habaneros at the St. Clair Square mall. Frankel reported on Stan Pawlow (age 7) who spent six days in the hospital and still asks if his food is […]
In its story Fewer students of color at WSU, the Spokesman Review reported today that while enrollment is up at Washington State University, the number of African-American students on campus is down. The African-American student population dropped to close to 13 percent this fall. Although the drop accounts for only 67 fewer students than last […]
Marler Clark is filing a lawsuit against the Golden Corral restaurant on behalf of a Marietta woman. She and her 4-year-old granddaughter were sickened with salmonella after eating lunch there this month. Bonnie Bartley’s symptoms began the day after eating at the Golden Corral on August 17, but she wasn’t as sick as her 4-year-old […]
Grandmother Bonnie Bartley is suing the Golden Corral, after she and her 4-year-old granddaughter became extremely ill from the lunch they ate there on August 17. Allison B. Luster, 4, of Marietta, was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital’s emergency room Aug. 23 with bloody stools, constant vomiting and severe stomach pain. She also developed a […]
The families of 11 children sickened by E. coli bacteria in a school lunch nearly five years ago will likely get the $4.6 million awarded by a jury. A Benton County Superior jury awarded $4.6 million in early 2001 after finding the district at fault for serving undercooked meat in tacos to Finley Elementary School […]
Last week the Washington State Supreme Court affirmed a Jury’s verdict of $4.75 million against a small, rural School District for undercooking hamburger that was contaminated with the deadly pathogen, E. coli O157:H7 and was served to elementary students for lunch in the Fall of 1998. Justice for these children, one who suffered severe kidney […]
The Washington Supreme Court today declined to review last year’s Court of Appeals decision upholding a $4.6 million award to 11 children injured in a 1998 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that was linked to undercooked taco meat served as part of a school lunch at Finley Elementary School. School District had sought the Supreme Court’s […]
There’s nothing more American than the county fair. From Washington and California to New York and Texas, countless millions of people are visiting their local fairs to ride the rides, feast on cotton candy and hot dogs, and to visit those cute farm animals. Unfortunately, some of the visitors to fairs will get very sick. […]
U. Washington president declines pay increases, America’s Intelligence Wire reported today. “In the past few years Rawlins has been at WSU, salaries for presidents in similar institutions outside of Washington state have gone up, said William Marler, WSU Board of Regents president.” Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins is paid $254,065 annually and is […]
Two dozen families plan to file a lawsuit today against Lane County and the Lane County Fair Board, seeking damages for illnesses caused by the biggest outbreak of E. coli bacteria in state history at last year’s county fair. All these folks became ill with a very deadly pathogen through no fault of their own. […]