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Marler Clark has published 5,668 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.

April 01, 2000 Outbreaks

Sizzler E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Wisconsin (2000)

In 2000, 62 confirmed E. coli cases were reported among patrons of two Milwaukee-area Sizzler restaurants. Dozens of people were hospitalized, four developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, and one child died. Marler Clark represented 18 clients in claims against Sizzler USA and Excel, the restaurant's meat supplier. …

April 01, 2000 Outbreaks

Senor Felix 5-Layer Dip Shigella Outbreak Lawsuits - Western States (2000)

Marler Clark represented 37 people who became ill with Shigellosis after consuming seven-layer dip manufactured by Senor Felix and distributed to stores across the West Coast in 2000. The public health investigation into the outbreak led to the discovery that the dip manufacturer's food safety practices were insufficient to prevent …

April 01, 2000 Outbreaks

San Antonio Taco Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Tennessee (2000)

In 2000, a San Antonio Taco Company franchise in Nashville, Tennessee, was the source of a large Salmonella outbreak. The Metropolitan Health Department identified several potential sources of contamination, including improper hygiene and food safety lapses. In all, at least 30 people tested positive for Salmonella. Marler Clark represented several …

April 01, 2000 Outbreaks

Karl Ehmer Meats E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit – New Jersey (2000)

In 2000, the New Jersey Department of Health investigated the E. coli infection and subsequent death of a 20-month-old boy who had eaten a hamburger before becoming ill. In the course of the investigation, Department of Health workers determined that the hamburger had been made from meat purchased at Karl …

April 01, 2000 Press Releases

Minnesota School Hit by Deadly E. coli Bacteria

Bill Marler, who has represented some of the most seriously injured victims of foodborne illness in the United States, said parents, like those at Risen Christ Catholic School in Minneapolis, must demand to know where the food served to their children in school lunches comes from. …

March 31, 2000 Outbreaks

Carl’s Jr. Hepatitis A Outbreak Lawsuits - Washington (2000)

Marler Clark represented a number of victims of a 2000 hepatitis A outbreak traced to a Carl's Jr. restaurant in Spokane, Washington. The outbreak was traced back to a food handler who had contaminated vegetable garnishes while preparing food at the restaurant. In addition to people who contracted hepatitis A …

March 31, 2000 Outbreaks

AFG / Supervalu E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Minnesota (2000)

In December of 2000, the Minnesota Department of Health announced that an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak had been traced to the consumption of ground beef purchased from SuperValu/Cub Food Stores. At least 17 people became ill with E. coli during the outbreak, which was ultimately traced back to meat produced …

March 29, 2000 Firm News

The Courage to Criticize - Commentary on Foodborne Illness Litigation

Denis Stearns' essay on E. coli litigation was featured as a guest commentary in Food Protection Report. In his commentary, Denis ponders the extent to which we as a society are complicit in a company’s bad acts if we refrain from open criticism of a company that has disregarded safety …

March 16, 2000 Press Releases

Marler Clark Amends Class Action Against Carl's Jr. To Add Named Plaintiff Who Received Injection

The class action lawsuit filed in Spokane County Superior Court against Carl’s Jr. was amended to add a named plaintiff who was required to receive an Immune Globulin (IG) shot after he ate a sandwich purchased at the restaurant. …

March 10, 2000 Outbreaks

Marler Clark Files Class Action Against Carl's Jr. Franchise on Behalf of Hepatitis A Victims

A class action lawsuit was filed in Spokane County Superior Court against a Carl’s Jr. hamburger franchise implicated in a Hepatitis A outbreak in the Spokane area in late January 2000. …

February 23, 2000 Firm News

Bill to Boost School Food Safety

Marler Clark managing partner Bill Marler lobbies hard on behalf of new food safety laws that would help to protect students from contaminated school lunches. The bills were introduced to the Washington State Legislature in 2000. …

February 10, 2000 Press Releases

Shigella Illnesses Tied to Dip Rise --More Join Class

Data released from the Washington State Department of Health confirmed that over 160 people in Washington State were sickened by Shigella-contaminated dip. Other States are also showed increases of reported cases. Over 30 of these people joined a class action lawsuitagainst Senor Felix Gourmet Mexican Foods. …

February 04, 2000 Press Releases

Marler Clark Files Class Action Lawsuit

A class action lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court against Senor Felix Gourmet Mexican Foods, a California Corporation implicated in a Shigella outbreak. The named plaintiffs were from Port Townsend, Washington. …

January 29, 2000 Press Releases

Shigella Fact Sheet

Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as "bacillary dysentery." …

December 21, 1999 Press Releases

McDonald's Franchise Faces Claims from Hepatitis A Victims

Marler Clark, a Seattle law firm with a long track record of successful lawsuits against food companies, filed a lawsuit today against McDonald’s in Skagit County Superior Court on behalf a woman who was sickened along with several other people with Hepatitis A from eating at the McDonalds restaurant on …

December 17, 1999 Recalls

Lawsuit Settled Against Meat Company On Behalf of Boy Sickened by E. coli Tainted School Hamburger

The boy whose illness led to last year’s recall of hamburger sent to schools, military posts, and prisons in the South has settled with the insurer of Bauer Meat Company of Ocala, Florida for an undisclosed amount. …

November 11, 1999 Outbreaks

Subway Franchise Faces Claims from Over Thirty-One Hepatitis A Victims

A Class Action Lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court against the two Seattle Subway sandwich shops implicated in a Hepatitis A outbreak. …

September 08, 1999 Firm News

Courting publicity, attorney makes safe food his business

Marler, who made his mark by suing Jack in the Box for serving people beef tainted with a deadly strain of the common E. coli bacteria in 1993, has carved a niche for himself and his law firm, Marler Clark. Most of its business comes from food-poisoning cases. …

August 03, 1999 Press Releases

FDA Should Investigate Why Sun Orchard was Allowed to Import Unpasteurized Juice, Attorney Says

The FDA found Salmonella in a tanker load of orange juice attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico after Salmonella was implicated in the Sun Orchard poisonings. …

July 15, 1999 Press Releases

Lawsuit Filed by Children Poisoned by E. coli in School Lunch

A school district and its beef supplier were sued in Benton County Superior Court by eight children who became ill last October after eating taco meat served in a school lunch program. The children became infected with E. coli after eating under-cooked, contaminated ground beef. …

July 13, 1999 Press Releases

Sun Orchard Faces Claims from Over Seventy-Five Salmonella Victims -- Several have been Hospitalized

Since the filing of a nationwide class action last week, over seventy-five people sickened by Sun Orchard unpasteurized orange juice joined the lawsuit. The individuals were from Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas and Iowa. …

July 02, 1999 Press Releases

Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Salmonella Cases by Marler Clark

Marler Clark filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons sickened and injured by unpasteurized orange juice contaminated with a rare strain of the Salmonella bacteria. The contaminated juice was manufactured by Sun Orchard, which is based in Tempe, Arizona. …

July 01, 1999 Outbreaks

Sun Orchard Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Multistate (1999)

Marler Clark represented 55 of 80 people who became ill with Salmonella serotype Muenchen infections in 1999 after drinking unpasteurized orange juice. Epidemiological investigations by the Washington Department of Health, the Oregon Department of Health Services, and other state health departments, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and …

June 12, 1999 Outbreaks

E. coli Outbreak: One year later, attorney wages war for victims

He truly does believe in what he's doing: Bill Marler has been "radicalized" by the suffering of E. coli victims, a partner says. …

May 16, 1999 Press Releases

Lawsuit filed in Salmonella cases by Marler Clark

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of a five-year-old child who was sickened by sprouts containing Salmonella Mbandaka bacteria. Hydro Harvest Ltd., of Brush Prairie, Washington manufactured the contaminated sprouts. …

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