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Marler Clark has published 5,667 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
March 12, 2003 • Outbreaks
Fingerprints Key to E. coli Outbreaks
The USDA uses Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) testing when E. coli O157:H7 and other deadly pathogens are found in ground beef. The USDA routinely samples ground beef collected at retail outlets. When E. coli O157:H7 is found in such samples, a recall usually results. By comparing PFGE test results …
March 08, 2003 • Outbreaks
Doubletree Hotel Shigella Outbreak Lawsuit - Colorado (2003)
Marler Clark's attorneys represented three victims of a Shigella outbreak linked to food served at the Doubletree Hotel in Westminster, CO, in 2003. Food handlers ill with Shigella were the suspected source of the outbreak. …
January 28, 2003 • Press Releases
Marler Clark, E. coli victims sue BJ’s Wholesale Club for $25 Million
Marler Clark represented the families of two Orangeburg, New York, children in litigation against BJ's Wholesale Club after ground beef purchased from the chain's West Nyack store was determined to be the source of the girls' E. coli infections. One of the girls was hospitalized for over a month with …
January 28, 2003 • Press Releases
Lawsuit Filed against KFC after Children become Ill with Salmonella Poisoning
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Erie, Colorado, children who became ill with Salmonella Newport infections after eating at a Lafayette, Colorado, KFC in January, 2002. The children suffered severe cramping, diarrhea, and vomiting throughout the course of their salmonella infections, and a two-year-old boy was hospitalized for …
January 24, 2003 • Press Releases
Marler Clark files lawsuit against Brook-Lea
Marler Clark, the attorneys for 70 victims of salmonella poisoning at the Brook-Lea Country Club in Rochester, New York, sought punitive damages for country club's 'egregious behavior'. Two outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis at the Brook-Lea Country Club in June and July, 2002, resulted in 106 culture-confirmed salmonella infections. …
January 15, 2003 • Press Releases
Food Poisoning Legal Team Joins Fight for Laraway School Victims
Nearly one-third of the victims from the November 25, 2002, anhydrous ammonia poisoning at Laraway Elementary School in Joliet, Illinois were represented by Marler Clark. Marler Clark signed on as co-counsel with the Chicago-based law firm of James P. Crawley & Associates in a lawsuit filed against Gateway Cold Storage …
November 04, 2002 • Press Releases
Thirty-Five Western Sizzlin Salmonella Lawsuits Filed
Marler Clark filed 35 lawsuits against the Western Sizzlin Corporation on behalf of victims of salmonella poisoning. The complaint sought compensation for damages resulting from a salmonella outbreak in April, 2002 at the Western Sizzlin in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. …
October 25, 2002 • Press Releases
More Families File Lawsuits over E. coli Poisoning
Marler Clark filed lawsuits on behalf of two more Wooster, Ohio, families whose children contracted E. coli O157:H7 after eating at the King Garden restaurant in Wooster. One of the children developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and suffered kidney failure. …
October 11, 2002 • Press Releases
Lawsuit filed against Emmpak, Cargill
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Emmpak Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Cargill, Inc., on behalf of a Neenah, Wisconsin, couple. Health officials called a leftover hamburger found in the couple’s refrigerator the “miracle burger” because it enabled them to trace the infections to Emmpak ground beef through genetic testing …
October 07, 2002 • Press Releases
E. coli Suit Filed Against King Garden Buffet
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against the King Garden Restaurant in Wooster, Ohio, on behalf of a 2-year-old girl who developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating at the restaurant. …
October 01, 2002 • Press Releases
Food Safety Attorneys Call on Emmpak to Release Test Results
Marler Clark called on Emmpak Foods Inc. to release all inspection records and microbiological test results related to the operation of its Peck Meats plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after an E. coli outbreak sickened dozens of consumers. …
September 30, 2002 • Outbreaks
Lightning Strikes Emmpak and Excel again - and again
The deadly E. coli O157:H7 bacteria struck again – sickening at least 59 people in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois. The outbreak occured at the end of the Milwaukee Sizzler restaurant E. coli outbreak litigation, after a summer plagued with ground beef recalls, and just days after the United States Department …
September 02, 2002 • Press Releases
Consumer Responsibility
"The Meat Industry can not assure the public that the meat we buy is not contaminated. So, instead of finding a way to get cattle feces out of our meat, they blame parents (and presumably all the teenagers that work at all the burger joints in America) when children get …
August 09, 2002 • Press Releases
More People Infected with Salmonella after Attending Tournament at Brook-Lea
At least 89 people who attended a golf tournament at the Brook-Lea Country Club in Rochester, New York, were infected with salmonella while attending functions at Brook-Lea in June and July, 2002. …
July 30, 2002 • Press Releases
Food Safety Attorney Calls for Increased Research to Make Salad Safe
Bill Marler called on the FDA to fund research on how to make salad safe to be consumed by the public. This, after the FDA issued a nationwide warning to consumers not to consume Spokane Produce brand Romaine lettuce because it was associated with the E. coli O157:H7 illnesses of …
July 22, 2002 • Recalls
Food Safety Advocate Demands Reform of Inspection and Meat Recall system
Bill Marler demanded that legislators and government officials begin an immediate examination of the meat recall system, which failed consumers who became ill after eating tainted beef from meat processor, ConAgra. …
July 01, 2002 • Publications
Commentary on USDA rule-making process
In his 2002 commentary for the July/August edition of Food Protection Report, Denis Stearns writes about the Federal Meat Inspection Act and USDA’s rule-making process. In the commentary, titled, "USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service Should Say What It Means, Mean What It Says--and Say It Clearly," he concludes, “[I]f …
June 04, 2002 • Recalls
Marler Clark posting E. coli genetic fingerprints from recalls
A prominent personal-injury law firm specializing in foodborne illness cases has begun posting on the Internet the genetic fingerprints of E. coli O157:H7 strains associated with recalls of ground beef. …
June 03, 2002 • Press Releases
Health Department Report Raises Serious Questions About the Wyndham Hotel's Sick Leave Policy
The Texas State Department of Health concluded that over 3,000 people were exposed to Salmonella Enteritidis while guests of the Wyndham Anatole Hotel during a three-week period beginning in March and continuing through most of April. The DOH determined that salsa prepared by an infected employee was the likely source …
June 01, 2002 • Outbreaks
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Wyndham Hotels over Salmonella Outbreak
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Wyndham International on behalf of all individuals who became ill after being infected with Salmonella during a three-week long outbreak at the Wyndham Anatole in Dallas, Texas. …
May 24, 2002 • Press Releases
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of 84-year-old Washington State Resident Sickened with Salmonella
A lawsuit was filed today against I. Kunik Co., a foreign distributor of cantaloupes to grocery chains throughout the United States, on behalf of Harold Elli. Mr. Elli, an 84-year-old Klickitat County, Washington, resident, became seriously ill with salmonella after consuming contaminated Susie brand cantaloupe, which was provided by the …
May 18, 2002 • Outbreaks
April 03, 2002 • Outbreaks
Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel Norovirus Outbreak Litigation - California (2002)
Los Angeles County health officials traced the source of a Norovirus outbreak that hit the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards in 2002. At least 550 guests at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles became ill with Norovirus infections after consuming foods catered …
April 02, 2002 • Case News
Abbott Cheese Listeria Litigation - British Columbia (2002)
Marler Clark represented a woman who became ill with Listeriosis and suffered a miscarriage after consuming Listeria-contaminated cheese while on vacation in Victoria, British Columbia. The lawsuit was resolved. …
April 02, 2002 • Case News
Washington State Penitentiary Campylobacter Litigation - Washington (2002)
More than 100 inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, were infected with campylobacter jejuni blamed on poor food-handling in the prison kitchen. Health officials traced the infection to a leaky drain pipe contaminated with pigeon feces and leaking into the salad preparation area. …
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