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Marler Clark has published 9,582 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
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
June 16, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 16, 2009 • Salmonella
Companies Recalling Peanut Products Tell Bankruptcy Court They Are Victims Too!
To list all the peanut products they’ve recalled takes a couple pages each for Kellogg Co. and Clif Bar Inc. For Kellogg’s, it includes products like Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies. For Clif Bar, MOJO Dipped Chocolate Peanut and MOJO Dipped Peanut …
June 15, 2009 • Listeria
More Listeria Found At Torres Hillsdale; Third Recall Since March
Reading, MI-based Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese just cannot get it right. On March 24th, the Michigan cheese-maker recalled Asadero and Oaxaca soft Mexican-style cheeses due to potential Listeria contamination. Four days later on March 28th, it added New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and Alabama—to the recall of Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese’s …
June 14, 2009 • Salmonella
June 13, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella Was The Big Bacteria On The Block In 2006
Perhaps the most interesting statistic about salmonella is that only 6.1 percent of all the thousands of illnesses it was responsible for in 2006 could be attributed to the recognized outbreaks that are laid out in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). And while the Centers on Disease …
June 13, 2009 • Listeria
Kirklees Targets Listeria Warnings At Pensioners/Elderly: Deaths Double In Decade
Annual English deaths due to listeria have doubled during the decade and one metropolitan borough is trying to do something about it by targeting pensioners in a campaign warning about the dangers of ready-to-eat meats. Two of England’s 161 deaths by listeria last year were of Kirklees residents. Listeria deaths …
June 12, 2009 • Outbreaks
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. …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
Kindercare E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
The Marler Clark E. coli lawyers represented a young child who became ill with an E. coli infection while attending a Folsom, California, Kindercare daycare in a claim against the facility. The lawyers resolved the E. coli claim in 2001. …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
Kid's Korner Day Care E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark’s E. coli attorneys represented two young children who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 while attending a Joplin, Missouri, day care center in 2004. The law firm resolved the children’s E. coli cases in 2006. …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
KFC E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
The E. coli lawyers at Marler Clark represented an Ohio woman who became ill with E. coli and HUS after eating contaminated coleslaw at a Cincinnati KFC restaurant. The E. coli lawyers filed a lawsuit against KFC on behalf of the woman, and resolved her claim out of court in 2001. …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
Karl Ehmer Meats E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark’s E. coli lawyers represented the parents of a child who died after becoming ill with an E. coli infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in July of 2000. The law firm filed an E. coli lawsuit against the meat producer and retailer. The family’s case was resolved in …
June 10, 2009 • Hepatitis A
American Society for Microbiology honors Stanley A. Plotkin
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Maurice Hilleman/Merck Award has gone to Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for his lifetime of dedication to vaccinology, including his role in developing vaccines for Hepatitis A. This award, established in the memory of Maurice …
June 10, 2009 • Listeria
I ♥ NY Listeria-Contaminated European Style Smoked Salmon Recalled By Brooklyn Company
Brooklyn-based N.Y. Fish, Inc. has recalled I ♥ NY Fish brand Imperial-European Style Smoked Salmon in vacuum packed 3 oz, 8 oz, 16 oz, and whole side “to be weighed at time of sale” sizes. The recall covers lots starting with the numbers 142. These products are likely contaminated with …
June 10, 2009 • Case News
Excel E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark’s E. coli attorneys represented a young Georgia boy who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection and was hospitalized for four days in an E. coli claim against Excel. The boy’s E. coli infection was one of several that Georgia health officials were able to trace back …
June 09, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
IFT Annual Scientific Program (2009)
Bill Marler traveled to Anaheim to take part in a session titled "Irradiation of Fresh Produce: Commercial Application" …
June 09, 2009 • Salmonella
“Team D” Profiled On Blog at Consumer Reports: Credited For Role In Finding Salmonella In Peanut Butter
The Consumer Reports Blog has a nice profile up on “Team D,” the environmental science students at the University of Minnesota who’ve been at the center of tracking down recent outbreaks of food-borne illness, including salmonella. Here’s how CR begins the story: “Graduate students in the University of Minnesota School …
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