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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. …

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 …

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