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January 24, 2003
Marler Clark files lawsuit against Brook-Lea
Marler Clark, the attorneys for 70 victims of salmonella poisoning at the Brook-Lea Country Club in Rochester, New York, sought punitive damages for country club's 'egregious behavior'. Two outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis at the Brook-Lea Country Club in June and July, 2002, resulted in 106 culture-confirmed salmonella infections. …
January 15, 2003
Food Poisoning Legal Team Joins Fight for Laraway School Victims
Nearly one-third of the victims from the November 25, 2002, anhydrous ammonia poisoning at Laraway Elementary School in Joliet, Illinois were represented by Marler Clark. Marler Clark signed on as co-counsel with the Chicago-based law firm of James P. Crawley & Associates in a lawsuit filed against Gateway Cold Storage …
November 04, 2002
Thirty-Five Western Sizzlin Salmonella Lawsuits Filed
Marler Clark filed 35 lawsuits against the Western Sizzlin Corporation on behalf of victims of salmonella poisoning. The complaint sought compensation for damages resulting from a salmonella outbreak in April, 2002 at the Western Sizzlin in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. …
October 25, 2002
More Families File Lawsuits over E. coli Poisoning
Marler Clark filed lawsuits on behalf of two more Wooster, Ohio, families whose children contracted E. coli O157:H7 after eating at the King Garden restaurant in Wooster. One of the children developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and suffered kidney failure. …
October 11, 2002
Lawsuit filed against Emmpak, Cargill
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Emmpak Foods, Inc., a subsidiary of Cargill, Inc., on behalf of a Neenah, Wisconsin, couple. Health officials called a leftover hamburger found in the couple’s refrigerator the “miracle burger” because it enabled them to trace the infections to Emmpak ground beef through genetic testing …
October 07, 2002
E. coli Suit Filed Against King Garden Buffet
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against the King Garden Restaurant in Wooster, Ohio, on behalf of a 2-year-old girl who developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating at the restaurant. …
October 01, 2002
Food Safety Attorneys Call on Emmpak to Release Test Results
Marler Clark called on Emmpak Foods Inc. to release all inspection records and microbiological test results related to the operation of its Peck Meats plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after an E. coli outbreak sickened dozens of consumers. …
September 02, 2002
Consumer Responsibility
"The Meat Industry can not assure the public that the meat we buy is not contaminated. So, instead of finding a way to get cattle feces out of our meat, they blame parents (and presumably all the teenagers that work at all the burger joints in America) when children get …
August 09, 2002
More People Infected with Salmonella after Attending Tournament at Brook-Lea
At least 89 people who attended a golf tournament at the Brook-Lea Country Club in Rochester, New York, were infected with salmonella while attending functions at Brook-Lea in June and July, 2002. …
July 30, 2002
Food Safety Attorney Calls for Increased Research to Make Salad Safe
Bill Marler called on the FDA to fund research on how to make salad safe to be consumed by the public. This, after the FDA issued a nationwide warning to consumers not to consume Spokane Produce brand Romaine lettuce because it was associated with the E. coli O157:H7 illnesses of …
June 03, 2002
Health Department Report Raises Serious Questions About the Wyndham Hotel's Sick Leave Policy
The Texas State Department of Health concluded that over 3,000 people were exposed to Salmonella Enteritidis while guests of the Wyndham Anatole Hotel during a three-week period beginning in March and continuing through most of April. The DOH determined that salsa prepared by an infected employee was the likely source …
May 24, 2002
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of 84-year-old Washington State Resident Sickened with Salmonella
A lawsuit was filed today against I. Kunik Co., a foreign distributor of cantaloupes to grocery chains throughout the United States, on behalf of Harold Elli. Mr. Elli, an 84-year-old Klickitat County, Washington, resident, became seriously ill with salmonella after consuming contaminated Susie brand cantaloupe, which was provided by the …
February 26, 2002
St. Paul Family Settles Claim Against AFG and Supervalu
St. Paul, MN --A settlement was reached today between meat manufacturer American Foods Group, Inc ("AFG"), Supervalu, a local grocery outlet supplier, and three-year-old, Sonja Pearson. The suit was filed after the toddler contracted E. coli O157:H7 and became violently ill in November 2000 after consuming meatballs prepared from hamburger …
November 14, 2001
E. coli Lawsuit filed against China Buffet
Marler Clark filed suit against the China Buffet restaurant on behalf of a 69-year old resident of Alexandria, Minnesota. The woman incurred over $400,000 in medical expenses as a result of an E. coli O157:H7 infection she contracted after eating at the Minnesota restaurant. …
September 25, 2001
Family Sues Claremont Hotel for Needle Stick to 2 Year Old
David Babcock filed suit on behalf of a Pullman, Washington, toddler who stepped on a needle left in the carpet of the family’s Claremont Hotel room during a visit to Seattle. As a result of the needle-stick, Madelynn had to undergo three rounds of testing for HIV and Hepatitis. …
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