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November 03, 2003
Marler Clark launches improved E. coli websites
Marler Clark launched redesigned websites in an effort to make information on E. coli O157:H7, the deadly foodborne pathogen, more easily accessible for Internet users. “When a family member becomes ill with an E. coli infection, people want to know all they can about what is making that person sick …
October 31, 2003
Marler Clark files second E. coli lawsuit
Marler Clark filed a second lawsuit against Gold Coast Produce and Family Tree Produce. The suit was filed in Orange County Superior Court on behalf of a freshman at California State University-Fullerton who became ill with an E. coli infection after eating a salad at Pat & Oscar's. …
October 15, 2003
E. coli Lawsuit Filed
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of a sixteen-year-old Carlsbad, California, girl who was hospitalized with a severe E. coli O157:H7 infection after consuming contaminated lettuce at Pat & Oscar’s. The lawsuit was filed against Gold Coast Produce and Family Tree Produce in San Diego County Superior Court …
September 15, 2003
Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Court of Appeals decision allowing Wisconsin citizens to sue when injured
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling that upheld an earlier Court of Appeals decision holding that meat supplier Excel can be found liable under state law for supplying adulterated meat to Milwaukee Sizzler restaurants. Lawsuits filed against Excel had alleged that the meat Excel sold caused a widespread outbreak …
August 18, 2003
Salmonella victim files lawsuit against Seasons at the Pond Restaurant
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against the Seasons at the Pond restaurant, located at 425 Lincoln Avenue in Steamboat Springs. The restaurant was the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened dozens of people in December and January, 2003. …
July 18, 2003
Lawsuit filed against Redmond restaurant
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Redmond, Washington resident who became ill with a foodborne illness in August, 2002, after eating at the Redmond Todai Restaurant. …
July 15, 2003
More E. coli lawsuits brought against Excel in Sizzler case
Five lawsuits were filed in Milwaukee County Superior Court against Excel, the company that was 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. …
July 10, 2003
First Salmonella lawsuit filed against Chili's
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Chili’s Restaurants and its parent company, Brinker International. The lawsuit arisose from the Salmonella outbreak at the Vernon Hills Chili’s in Northern Illinois that sickened over 100 people. At the time the lawsuit was filed, Marler Clark represented over 20 individuals …
June 03, 2003
E. coli lawsuit filed against Lane County Fair Board
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against the Lane County Fair Board on behalf of 29 individuals and families of individuals who were infected with E. coli O157:H7 during an outbreak at the Lane County Fair in 2002. According to the lawsuit, plaintiffs suffered severe abdominal cramping, nausea and bloody diarrhea …
May 13, 2003
Court of Appeals decision ensures that the doors of the courthouse will remain open
The State of Wisconsin District I Court of Appeals handed down a decision holding that meat supplier Excel can be found liable under state law for supplying adulterated meat to Milwaukee Sizzler restaurants. The contaminated meat supplied to Sizzler led to the E. coli O157:H7 infection and death of a …
May 07, 2003
Lawyers for Food Poisoning Victims Sue USDA for Withholding Documents
Marler Clark filed suit against the USDA in Federal Court in Washington state, claiming the agency improperly withheld documents concerning dozens of children that were poisoned by contaminated school lunches at Laraway Elementary School in Joliet, Illinois. Marler Clark represented about one-third of the students and teachers who were sickened …
April 02, 2003
Lawsuit Filed in Salmonella Sprout Case
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court against Harmony Farms, LLC, the Auburn, Washington, sprout grower that was linked by the Oregon Department of Human Services to at least nine cases of Salmonella Saintpaul in Washington and Oregon in early March, 2003. …
April 02, 2003
Salmonella Lawsuit Filed against Clarkston Quality Inn
A lawsuit was filed against Choice Hotels International, Inc. and Clarkston Development Group, L.P., owners of the Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center and the “Bogey’s” restaurant located at 700 Port Drive in Clarkston, Washington. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man who became ill with a Salmonella …
January 28, 2003
Marler Clark, E. coli victims sue BJ’s Wholesale Club for $25 Million
Marler Clark represented the families of two Orangeburg, New York, children in litigation against BJ's Wholesale Club after ground beef purchased from the chain's West Nyack store was determined to be the source of the girls' E. coli infections. One of the girls was hospitalized for over a month with …
January 28, 2003
Lawsuit Filed against KFC after Children become Ill with Salmonella Poisoning
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Erie, Colorado, children who became ill with Salmonella Newport infections after eating at a Lafayette, Colorado, KFC in January, 2002. The children suffered severe cramping, diarrhea, and vomiting throughout the course of their salmonella infections, and a two-year-old boy was hospitalized for …
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