Bill Marler has likely filed hundreds of lawsuits against restaurants and food suppliers since serendipity steered him into a courtroom nearly 30 years ago to represent a 9-year-old victim of the Jack in the Box E.coli poisonings. Many of his clients have been the parents of children who were maimed for life because of someone’s food-safety lapse. Not all of the families were fortunate enough to have their child or other loved one survive at all.
But there’s one case in particular that’s stuck with him. In 2011, 148 people were sickened after eating cantaloupe that had been contaminated with Listeria. Thirty-three of the victims would die, including a number of nursing home-aged World War II veterans.
From The New York Times to CNN, Bill is trusted by lawyers for his expertise on food safety.
