--- title: "Bankruptcy court OKs Chi-Chi's $2 million in hepatitis settlements" date: 2008-01-06T18:47:42-08:00 author: Bill Marler canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/news_events/bankruptcy-court-oks-chi-chis-2-million-in-hepatitis-settlements-2" section: News --- [All News](/news_events) / [Case News](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/case-news) / # Bankruptcy court OKs Chi-Chi's $2 million in hepatitis settlements Wednesday, June 30, 2004The Associated Press The bankruptcy court overseeing the Chapter 11 case of Chi-Chi's Inc. authorized the restaurant chain to pay more than $2 million in settlements to customers who suffered from an outbreak of hepatitis A at a restaurant in the Beaver Valley Mall. The order, signed last week by Judge Charles G. Case of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., and made available yesterday, authorizes the Tex-Mex eatery to pay 60 claims totaling $2.18 million. The settlements stem from the largest outbreak of hepatitis A in U.S. history, the focal point of which was a Chi-Chi's restaurant in Beaver County. About 600 people contracted the disease last year from contaminated green onions shipped from Mexico. The outbreak was blamed for four deaths. Officials with the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said there was no way for Chi-Chi's to detect or prevent the contamination. The bankruptcy court has already authorized the settlement of any hepatitis A claims of $35,000 or less, according to court papers. The company said it is required to notify the court when it has reached settlements over that amount. 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