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Marler Clark has published 5,587 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
September 25, 2012 • Outbreaks
Marte brand Frescolina ricotta salata cheese Listeria outbreak - Multistate (2012)
The Marler Clark attorneys represent victims of a Listeria outbreak that was traced to Marte brand Frescolina ricotta salata cheese imported by Forever Cheese. The ricotta salata was identified as the source of at least 24 Listeria cases in 13 states between March and October of 2012. …
September 25, 2012 • Press Releases
Forever Cheese and Peterson Co. Sued by Seattle Woman
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit yesterday against New York-based Forever Cheese, the importer of Listeria-contaminated Marte brand Frescolina ricotta salata cheese that federal public health officials have determined is the source of a 15-person Listeria outbreak. The lawsuit, which also names Washington state-based cheese distributor Peterson Company as a defendant …
September 24, 2012 • Outbreaks
September 24, 2012 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Sues Cantaloupe Distributor & Farm Auditor in Louisiana
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of the sons of a Baton Rouge woman who died as a result of a Listeria infection she contracted during last year’s outbreak linked to cantaloupes grown by Colorado-based Jensen Farms. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge …
September 23, 2012 • Outbreaks
September 21, 2012 • Outbreaks
Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak
Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter is source of a 20-state Salmonella outbreak. …
September 21, 2012 • Case News
September 21, 2012 • Case News
September 19, 2012 • Case News
Daniella Mango Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark filed a Salmonella lawsuit against Splendid Products, distributor of Salmonella-contaminated Daniella mangoes, in September of 2012. The law firm represents victims of a 15-state Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that was traced to Daniela brand mangoes after 121 people who had eaten or been exposed to the mangoes became ill …
September 19, 2012 • Case News
Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark filed 3 lawsuits against Chamberlain Farms on behalf of victims of a 2012 Salmonella outbreak traced to the farm's cantaloupes. The law firm is pursuing claims on behalf of additional victims of the Salmonella outbreak. At least 270 people nationwide were diagnosed with Salmonella infection after consuming cantaloupe …
September 18, 2012 • Recalls
Attorney Bill Marler on Cheese Recall for Listeria: “Pasteurization is not a Guarantee of Safety"
“We focus so much attention on preventing foodborne illness by pasteurizing milk and cheeses. This is a good reminder that just post-pasteurization contamination is as much a risk to consumers as contamination prior to pasteurization,” said food safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler. “Something went wrong in processing this cheese—be …
September 18, 2012 • Press Releases
Salmonella Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Daniella Mango Victim
Marler Clark, filed a Salmonella lawsuit against Splendid Products the distributor of Daniella mangoes that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Center for Disease Control and Prevention have identified as the source of a nationwide Salmonella Braenderup outbreak in August 2012. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 92- …
September 18, 2012 • Events & Speaking Engagements
The Nation's Restarurant News (2012)
Speaking to 15 major restaurant chain purchasing and quality assurance food safety executives, Bill Marler addressed the subject, "The Rocky Ford Listeria Canteloupe Outbreak - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly." …
September 18, 2012 • Press Releases
Cantaloupe Listeria Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Louisiana Victim’s Family
The attorneys of the Seattle-based Food Safety Law Firm, Marler Clark, and McMichael, Medlin, D'Anna, Wedgeworth & Lafargue filed a Listeria lawsuit against Frontera Produce, the distributor of cantaloupes that the FDA identified as the source of a nationwide Listeria outbreak in September 2011; Primus Group, a company that provided …
September 11, 2012 • Case News
Forever Cheese Frescolina Ricotta Salata Listeria Outbreak
Ricotta Salata cheese is the source of a multi-state Listeria outbreak. 20 Listeria cases and 4 deaths have been attributed to the consumption of the ricotta cheese. …
September 04, 2012 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Cornell University (2012)
Bill Marler spoke to the faculty and students at Cornell University on “The Legal Consequences of Poor Food Safety.” …
September 02, 2012 • Outbreaks
August 28, 2012 • Outbreaks
August 28, 2012 • Outbreaks
PulseNet and OutbreakNet (2012)
Bill Marler spoke on the subject, "Liability of Public Agencies and their Employees in Foodbourne Illness Investigations." …
August 28, 2012 • Outbreaks
Daniella Brand Mango Salmonella Outbreak
Mangoes have been identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak among residents of 15 states and Canada. …
August 26, 2012 • Outbreaks
August 24, 2012 • Outbreaks
August 23, 2012 • Outbreaks
Indiana's Chamberlain Farms Named As Source of Bad Cantaloupe
Salmonella case-count up to 178, with 61 hospitalizations and 2 deaths attributed to contaminated melons. …
August 23, 2012 • Outbreaks
Chamberlain Farms Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak - Multistate (2012)
Marler Clark's Salmonella attorneys represented victims of a 2012 Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupes grown by Chamberlain Farms and sold at Walmart. On August 22, 2012, the firm filed a Salmonella lawsuit against Walmart on behalf of a Michigan family. The firm represented other victims of the Salmonella outbreak in separate legal claims. …
August 22, 2012 • Press Releases
Mother of children sickened by Salmonella-contaminated cantaloupe sues Wal-Mart
Law firm nationally recognized for work on foodborne illness cases hired to represent family with two children sickened in a Salmonella outbreak traced to contaminated cantaloupe. …
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