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Marler Clark has published 5,662 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
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. …
May 07, 1999 • Press Releases
Complaint Filed Against Albertson's, Inc. - Meat Tainted with E. coli O157:H7
A complaint was filed against Albertson’s, Inc. on behalf of a Mt. Vernon, Washington, family. The complaint claimed that meat purchased at the Mt. Vernon Albertson’s on July 18, 1998 was contaminated with the E. coli O157:H7 bacterium. …
May 07, 1999 • Press Releases
Backgrounder: Unpasteurized Juice
On August 28, 1997, the FDA published a notice of intent that would require all unpasteurized or untreated juices to be labeled with a warning statement. Marler Clark again warned consumers about the dangers of consuming unpasteurized juices. …
April 08, 1999 • Press Releases
Lawsuit filed today against Golden Corral Restaurant
A lawsuit was filed against Golden Corral ® restaurants on behalf of Melissa and Chad Hodgson of Kearney, Nebraska by their attorneys Marler Clark of Seattle, Washington and Nancy Freburg of Kearney. …
April 02, 1999 • Outbreaks
Golden Corral E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Nebraska (1999)
In 1999, a Golden Corral restaurant in central Nebraska was the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened nearly 80 people. The outbreak was linked to contaminated lettuce served at the restaurant. Marler Clark represented victims of the E. coli outbreak in claims against Golden Corral. …
April 01, 1999 • Outbreaks
Subway Hepatitis A Outbreak Lawsuits - Washington (1999)
In 1999, a hepatitis A outbreak was traced to food sold at a north Seattle Subway sandwich shop. The public health investigation resulted in the finding that an employee who worked while infectious had contaminated food served to customers. Marler Clark represented 31 clients who developed hepatitis A during the …
April 01, 1999 • Outbreaks
Peninsula Village E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit - Tennessee (1999)
Marler Clark represented a young girl in a claim against Peninsula Village, a long and short-term treatment center for children, after she contracted an E. coli infection while staying at the facility. The girl and a boy who was staying at Peninsula Village became ill with E. coli infections after …
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