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Marler Clark has published 5,635 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.

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. …

August 19, 2012 Outbreaks

August 19, 2012 Outbreaks

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