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June 22, 2009 • Case News
Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
The Marler Clark law firm has filed three E. coli lawsuits against Nestle USA on behalf of victims of the 2008 Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough E. coli outbreak. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of California, Colorado, and Washington residents. The firm represented over two dozen victims of …
June 22, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 22, 2009 • Outbreaks
First Lawsuit in E. coli Cookie Dough Outbreak Filed by Marler Clark
A young woman who was hospitalized for seven days after eating raw cookie dough made by Nestle USA filed suit today against the company in California Superior Court, San Mateo County. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 18-year-old Jillian Collins by her attorneys, William Marler of the Seattle-based foodborne …
June 22, 2009 • Outbreaks
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June 19, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) (2009)
Bill Marler traveled to Minneapolis, MN for the ACTL conference. …
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
Multi-State E. coli Outbreak Linked to Nestle Toll House Raw Cookie Dough Underscores Funding Need
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened 66 people in 28 states points to the need for better funding for health surveillance, said food safety advocate and foodborne illness litigator William Marler. News of the E. coli outbreak was issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and …
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak
Nestle Toll House cookie dough was the source of an E. coli outbreak in 2009. …
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Nationwide (2009)
In June of 2009, Nestle USA recalled all refrigerated cookie dough products for potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination after at least 76 people in 31 states who had eaten the product became ill with E. coli infections. A Nestle Toll House refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough bar produced in the …

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June 17, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Seminar Web Program (2009)
Bill Marler took part in the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association SeminarWeb program, presenting "Separating the Chaff from the Wheat: How to Determine the Strength of a Foodborne Illness Claim" online. …
June 17, 2009 • Outbreaks
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June 11, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Conference on Law of Food and Drink (2009)
Denis Stearns was in London on June 11 for the 2009 BIICL conference on the Law of Food and Drink. He presented "Current Approaches to Proof of Defect in US Food Cases." …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
Peninsula Village E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark’s E. coli attorneys represented a young child who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection while living at Peninsula Village, a long and short-term treatment center for children. The law firm brought an E. coli claim against the treatment center on her behalf when she contacted the …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
Olive Garden E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
The E. coli lawyers at Marler Clark represented a number of victims of an Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, or E. coli ETEC, outbreak that occurred among customers of an Oregon Olive Garden restaurant in 2005. …
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