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 […]
The last 48 hours at Marler Clark have been interesting – we have responded to nearly 1,000 emails or phone calls (thanks to a very hardworking staff) from every part of the United States (and two foreign countries) – people do eat a lot of peanut butter – some of it was surely contaminated with […]
Dole is recalling more than six-thousand cartons of imported cantaloupes. They were distributed to wholesalers in the eastern U-S and Quebec between February fifth and February eighth. Dole says there have been no reports of illness due to the contaminated cantaloupes which were grown in Costa Rica.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY MISOURI Seattle lawyer William Marler has filed a lawsuit in Kansas City for a Missouri family that became sick after eating peanut butter. William Marler says the lawsuit filed today in federal court is the first in the salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 300 people in 39 states. Brian […]
SPRINGFIELD, MO – A Salmonella lawsuit was filed Friday in United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri against ConAgra, the Omaha, Nebraska-based food company whose Georgia peanut butter plant has been traced as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Buchannan County, Missouri, […]
We received nearly 350 calls and emails today from people sickened by the above product. We are filing suit against Con Agra in the morning. In my spare time I penned the following Op-ed with my friend Paul Nunes: Produce processors need to clean up their act By PAUL V. NUNES and WILLIAM MARLER 2/15/2007 […]
Salmonella outbreak due to peanut butter From the Associated Press: ATLANTA — A salmonella outbreak that has slowly grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August has been linked to tainted peanut butter, federal health officials said Wednesday. It is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in […]
The recent headline from the FDA Press Release reads: “FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter” – why would consumers eat the jars? According to Reuters News service, FDA health officials are investigating a possible link between Peter Pan brand peanut butter (produced by […]
"It’s outrageous so many people are poisoned by food." Lisa Brott, E. coli victim and Marler Clark client
Tomorrow I will fly out to Jamesburg, New Jersey, for a seminar put on by The Packaging Group entitled, “E. coli 2007: Understanding, Detecting, and Preventing.” My speech is titled, “E. coli Outbreaks in Fresh Produce: Who has legal responsibility?”
By Ross Anderson (former Seattle Times reporter) for King County Bar News When Wyoming public health workers convened at a Cody meeting room recently, they spent much of three days listening to various authorities bring them up to date on issues from prenatal care to septic tanks to bioterrorism. But the keynote address did not […]
According to the Daily Dispatch: To date, the state health department is reporting 48 confirmed cases of Salmonella Oranienburg in the Sierra Vista (Arizona) area since Sept. 1. In addition, health officials have confirmed three new cases of salmonella, but the exact type has not been determined. If any of those three are Oranienburg, they […]
Brian Tumulty of the Gannett News Service authored an article this morning confirming what has been a well-known secret over the last several weeks – California’s Central Valley lettuce cited in both Taco Bell and Taco John’s E. coli illnesses Brian noted that the FDA announced on Friday that the infected Taco Bell lettuce originated […]
Sen. Florez pursues E. coli agreement Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter) is criticizing a new agreement between spinach processors aimed at preventing another E. coli outbreak. Florez, the Chairman of a newly-formed Senate Committee on food-borne illness, is criticizing the agreement because only 24 of 170 processors of spinach and other leafy greens signed it. Florez […]
David Dishneau of the AP wrote on Friday about the death of Hagerstown resident, Ruth Dunning due to an E. coli infection. After months of testing, public health officials said Friday they cannot conclusively link the E. coli-related death in September of a Hagerstown woman to the bacteria strain found in packaged fresh spinach that […]