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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 …
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. …
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