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August 24, 2000
Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Daughter Infected with E. coli Bacteria While Caring for Sick Mother
Marler Clark and a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, law firm filed damage claims on behalf of a Milwaukee woman who was infected with the E. coli bacteria while caring for her elderly mother. The mother was hospitalized with an E. coli infection after eating contaminated food at the Sizzler located at 97 …
August 05, 2000
A Second Lawsuit Filed Against Sizzler by Local Law firm
A lawsuit filed by Marler Clark claims that Sizzler is liable for the injuries and damages that sickened over 50 people and left one child dead. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman who ate at the Sizzler located 975 West Layton Avenue, in Milwaukee, and consumed several …
August 02, 2000
Lawsuit filed against Sizzler on behalf of injured Milwaukee Man
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Milwaukee resident against the E. B. Management Company, the owner and operator of the Sizzler rstaurant implicated in an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 40 people and left one child dead. …
May 04, 2000
Food Safety Advocates Call on Industry to Vaccinate All Food Handlers Against Hepatitis A
In light of a large-scale Hepatitis A exposure in the San Francisco Bay Area, food safety attorneys of the Seattle-based law firm of Marler Clark, asked restaurants and food manufacturers to voluntarily vaccinate all workers against Hepatitis A. …
May 03, 2000
Marler Clark Files Claim Against Juice Maker
Marler Clark announced the filing of a claim on behalf of a Huntington Beach, California resident, against Glendora, California-based California Day-Fresh Foods. Ms. Kabana became infected with Salmonella after consuming orange juice contaminated with the bacteria. …
April 26, 2000
Marler Clark calls on FDA to Require Sprout Labeling
Bill Marler suggested labeling all sprouts with the message: WARNING: This product may contain harmful bacteria that can cause serious illness in children, the elderly, and persons with weakened immune systems. …
April 01, 2000
Minnesota School Hit by Deadly E. coli Bacteria
Bill Marler, who has represented some of the most seriously injured victims of foodborne illness in the United States, said parents, like those at Risen Christ Catholic School in Minneapolis, must demand to know where the food served to their children in school lunches comes from. …
March 16, 2000
Marler Clark Amends Class Action Against Carl's Jr. To Add Named Plaintiff Who Received Injection
The class action lawsuit filed in Spokane County Superior Court against Carl’s Jr. was amended to add a named plaintiff who was required to receive an Immune Globulin (IG) shot after he ate a sandwich purchased at the restaurant. …
February 10, 2000
Shigella Illnesses Tied to Dip Rise --More Join Class
Data released from the Washington State Department of Health confirmed that over 160 people in Washington State were sickened by Shigella-contaminated dip. Other States are also showed increases of reported cases. Over 30 of these people joined a class action lawsuitagainst Senor Felix Gourmet Mexican Foods. …
February 04, 2000
Marler Clark Files Class Action Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court against Senor Felix Gourmet Mexican Foods, a California Corporation implicated in a Shigella outbreak. The named plaintiffs were from Port Townsend, Washington. …
January 29, 2000
Shigella Fact Sheet
Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as "bacillary dysentery." …
December 21, 1999
McDonald's Franchise Faces Claims from Hepatitis A Victims
Marler Clark, a Seattle law firm with a long track record of successful lawsuits against food companies, filed a lawsuit today against McDonald’s in Skagit County Superior Court on behalf a woman who was sickened along with several other people with Hepatitis A from eating at the McDonalds restaurant on …
August 03, 1999
FDA Should Investigate Why Sun Orchard was Allowed to Import Unpasteurized Juice, Attorney Says
The FDA found Salmonella in a tanker load of orange juice attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico after Salmonella was implicated in the Sun Orchard poisonings. …
July 15, 1999
Lawsuit Filed by Children Poisoned by E. coli in School Lunch
A school district and its beef supplier were sued in Benton County Superior Court by eight children who became ill last October after eating taco meat served in a school lunch program. The children became infected with E. coli after eating under-cooked, contaminated ground beef. …
July 13, 1999
Sun Orchard Faces Claims from Over Seventy-Five Salmonella Victims -- Several have been Hospitalized
Since the filing of a nationwide class action last week, over seventy-five people sickened by Sun Orchard unpasteurized orange juice joined the lawsuit. The individuals were from Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas and Iowa. …
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