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June 17, 2004

E. coli victim sues BJ's Wholesale Club

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against BJ’s Wholesale Club on behalf of a New Jersey boy who was three years old when he suffered complications of an E. coli infection after eating contaminated ground beef purchased at BJ’s in 2002. The complaint, which was filed in United States District Court …

May 26, 2004

Marler Clark files fourth lawsuit against Chili's

Marler Clark filed its fourth lawsuit against Brinker Restaurant Corporation, owner of the Vernon Hills Chili’s Grill & Bar. The lawsuit was filed in Federal Court on behalf of a man who became seriously ill with a Salmonella infection, and suffered permanent injury, after eating catered, take-out food from Chili’s …

May 24, 2004

Paramount Farms sued in tainted almonds case

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against California-based almond producer, Paramount Farms. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in Washington state, on behalf of a Kennewick, Washington, family. …

April 30, 2004

E. coli lawsuits re-filed against Excel in Sizzler case

Four lawsuits were filed in Milwaukee County Superior Court against Excel, the company that is alleged to have supplied E. coli O157:H7-contaminated meat to two Milwaukee Sizzler restaurants connected to an outbreak that sickened dozens and killed one small child in July of 2000. The defendants also included Sysco of …

March 29, 2004

New Hepatitis Litigation Site Provides Useful Resource for Victims Making Claims Against Chi-Chi's

Marler Clark launched www.hepatitislitigation.com in an effort to make the claims process easier for people who became ill with, or required immunization against, hepatitis A after eating at the Beaver Valley Mall Chi-Chi’s restaurant in late October and early November of 2003. …

March 16, 2004

Attorneys' Fees Donated to local High School for Scholarships

Marler Clark donated $15,000 to Joseph Case High School in Swansea, Massachusetts, for scholarships. The check was a portion of attorneys’ fees from a class-action lawsuit that was filed on behalf of people in the Swansea area who received Immune Globulin shots to prevent Hepatitis A infections during the local …

February 23, 2004

Lawsuit filed against food supplier by family of Sequoias resident who died from E. coli infection

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit in San Mateo Superior Court on behalf of the family of a Sequoias resident who died after eating E. coli O157:H7-contaminated spinach at the Sequoias Portola Valley retirement facility in October, 2003. The lawsuit was filed against Sodexho, Inc., the food provider for the Sequoias’ …

February 03, 2004

Third Food-Poisoning Lawsuit Filed Against Chili's; First to Name Restaurant Manager as Defendant

Marler Clark filed a third lawsuit against the company that owns the Vernon Hills Chili’s restaurant where hundreds of people were sickened as a result of a Salmonella outbreak that was linked to “fecal/oral contamination of multiple food items” sold there. …

January 12, 2004

Civil Suit Filed Against Man Accused of Vehicular Homicide, Hit and Run

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against a 29-year-old Olympia, Washington, resident who was charged with the November 2, 2003 death of a 47-year-old Kirkland, Washington, resident. The lawsuit was brought by the victim's fiancé, on behalf of their daughter. …

December 31, 2003

Secretary Veneman: you have not put me out of business yet

In his second opinion-editorial on Mad Cow disease, Bill Marler asked Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman to put him out of business by putting safeguards in place to prevent BSE and other forms of foodborne illness from entering the nation's food supply. …

December 31, 2003

Metro Transit sued over death of employee

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit was filed against King County Metro Transit on behalf of the family of a deceased Metro employee on December 23, 2004. …

December 15, 2003

Second Salmonella lawsuit filed against chili's by Marler Clark

Food Safety Lawyers Renew Call that Chili's Pay Victims' Medical BillsMarler Clark filed a second lawsuit against Brinker Restaurant Corporation, the owner of the Vernon Hills Chili’s restaurant where over 300 people were injured in a Salmonella outbreak linked to infected food-workers, inadequate hand-washing, and a manager’s decision to open …

December 01, 2003

First Hepatitis A Lawsuit Filed Against Suppliers of Tainted Onions

Marler Clark filed suit in Federal District Court on behalf of a liver transplant survivor and his wife. The lawsuit was filed against the suppliers of hepatitis A-tainted green onions that were implicated by both the FDA and CDC as the source of over 605 illnesses and three deaths linked …

November 12, 2003

Two more lawsuits filed against Chi-Chi's in Hepatitis Case

Marler Clark filed two more lawsuits against Chi Chi’s on behalf of hepatitis victims today in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of individuals who ate at the Beaver Valley Mall Chi Chi’s restaurant. The lawsuits sought damages related to the plaintiffs' …

November 07, 2003

Lawsuit filed against Chi-Chi's on behalf of hepatitis-A victims

Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Pittsburgh-area family, all of whom contracted hepatitis-A after eating at the Beaver Valley Chi-Chi’s. The lawsuit was filed in Beaver County Superior Court against Chi-Chi's. …

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