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Marler Clark has published 5,659 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
October 25, 2007 • Press Releases
Michigan man sickened after eating pot pie files lawsuit against ConAgra
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit today against ConAgra, the company whose Banquet and store-brand chicken and turkey pot pies were identified as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak in September. The lawsuit was filed in Grand Traverse County Superior Court on behalf of Traverse City resident David Small. …
October 25, 2007 • Press Releases
Marler Clark files second E. coli lawsuit in Minnesota against Cargill
Marler Clark filed the firm’s second E. coli lawsuit against Cargill today on behalf of Elk River, Minnesota, residents John and Barb Reber and their son, Scott, who became ill with an E. coli infection and was hospitalized for three days after eating a hamburger made from a Cargill ground …
October 24, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 22, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 19, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 19, 2007 • Events & Speaking Engagements
University of Washington (2007)
Bill Marler and Suzanne Schreck gave a joint presentation on the relationship between lawyers and public relations and how to get a strategic point across through media relations in Professor Kathleen Fearn-Banks' communications class. …
October 18, 2007 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark files second lawsuit against ConAgra on behalf of victim of Salmonella outbreak
A lawsuit was filed today against ConAgra, the company whose Banquet chicken and turkey pot pies were identified as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. The lawsuit was filed Snohomish County Superior Court on behalf of Snohomish County resident Eric Robertson, whose 2-year-old daughter, Rebecca, became ill with a …
October 18, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 18, 2007 • Case News
Topps Meats E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark's E. coli lawyers filed two lawsuits against Topps Meats. The first lawsuit was filed on behalf of a New York child who was hospitalized for four days after eating a Topps hamburger at a barbecue. The second lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mother and child who …
October 18, 2007 • Case News
Cargill Hamburger E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark filed four E. coli lawsuits against Cargill after the company recalled 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties in September of 2007. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of residents of Minnesota and Tennessee who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections - and some of them with …
October 17, 2007 • Recalls
New York Couple Sues Topps: Punitive damages sought
SEATTLE, WA (October 17, 2007) – A lawsuit seeking punitive damages was filed today against Topps, the New Jersey beef supplier that recalled nearly a year’s supply of frozen ground beef patties after its products were identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak in September. The lawsuit was …
October 17, 2007 • Case News
Washington State Penitentiary Campylobacter Outbreak
A Campylobacter jejuni outbreak among prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla during 2002 and 2003 caused hundreds of inmates' illnesses. …
October 17, 2007 • Case News
Abbott Cheese Listeria Outbreak
21 cases of Listeria were linked to Vancouver, B.C.-based Abbott Cheese …
October 17, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 16, 2007 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark to Cargill: Step up, pay victims’ medical bills
Bill Marler, the Seattle attorney who has dedicated his law practice to representing victims of E. coli and other foodborne illness outbreaks, called today on Cargill to front medical costs for victims of an E. coli outbreak traced to the company’s frozen ground beef patties. Victims of the outbreak include …
October 15, 2007 • Press Releases
Marler Clark files E. coli lawsuit against Cargill
Marler Clark filed an E. coli lin Minnesota against Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, the meat company whose frozen ground beef products were identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in September and October. The lawsuit was filed in Dakota County District Court on behalf of Dakota County …
October 13, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 11, 2007 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark files Salmonella lawsuit on behalf of child sickened after eating pot pie
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit today against ConAgra, whose Banquet and store-brand pot pies were identified as the source of a nation-wide Salmonella outbreak that has caused at least 152 confirmed cases of Salmonellosis and 20 hospitalizations. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court for the State of Minnesota …
October 11, 2007 • Case News
ConAgra Pot Pie Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark filed six Salmonella lawsuits against ConAgra in connection with the Banquet pot pie Salmonella outbreak. The CDC identified 401 confirmed cases of Salmonella infection associated with the consumption of Banquet and store-brand pot pies manufactured by ConAgra. At least 128 people were hospitalized after eating Banquet brand pot …
October 11, 2007 • Outbreaks
October 11, 2007 • Case News
Maple Lawn Dairy Hepatitis A Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark represented the family of Donald Rockwell, who had lunch at the Maple Lawn Dairy Family Restaurant on October 3, 2004. He was hospitalized with acute hepatitis A infection on November 3, 2004, and died of liver failure secondary to hepatitis A infection on March 13, 2005. …
October 11, 2007 • Case News
Friendly's Hepatitis A Class Action Lawsuit
In 2004, the Town of Arlington Board of Health issued a warning and call for people to receive shots after it was learned that an employee of the restaurant was infected with Hepatitis A. Marler Clark brought a class action lawsuit against the restaurant, and reached a settlement with Friendly's …
October 11, 2007 • Case News
D'Angelo's Hepatitis A Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark represented fifteen people who contracted hepatitis A after eating at D'Angelo's in Massachusetts in claims against the restaurant. In addition, in February of 2004, a judge approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit against D'Angelo's Deli on behalf of people who received Immune Globulin (Ig) shots to prevent …
October 10, 2007 • Recalls
William Marler, Food Safety Attorney, Urges ConAgra to Recall All Banquet Pot Pies Immediately
William Marler called on ConAgra this morning “to do the right thing for its customers and to immediately recall all of its Banquet Pot Pies without question and without hesitation.” According to a press release this morning, the CDC announced, “The outbreak appears to be ongoing.” Marler added, “As of …
October 10, 2007 • Case News
Chi-Chi's hepatitis A Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark's hepatitis A lawyers successfully resolved the claims of 78 victims of the hepatitis A outbreak linked to the Beaver Valley Mall Chi-Chi's restaurant. In addition, On December 15, 2005, the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved the proposed settlement of the class action on behalf of the approximately …
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