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January 06, 2023
Bill Marler, Attorney, Blogger, and Food Safety Advocate, Talks Turkey (or Spinach, Rather)
When we first heard of Marler Clark, the "food safety law firm," we pictured a dozen ambulance chasers strategically posted outside of establishments that served spinach in large quantities throughout the day. After a few conversations with Bill Marler, however, we realized that our assumption couldn't be further from the …
January 04, 2023
There Is So Much More Food Poisoning Than We Thought
But there’s one guy who has arguably won more battles against foodborne illness than anyone. This week’s Bite podcast guest is Bill Marler, a Seattle-based attorney who represents victims of food poisoning. In a landmark 1993 case, Marler sued Jack in the Box over its infamous E. Coli outbreak—and won …
January 04, 2023
Food Fights - The Nation's Leading Foodborne Illness Attorney Tells All
Four children died in the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak. Brianne Kiner, Marler’s client, survived, but only after spending six weeks in a coma and six months in the hospital. His efforts resulted in a $15.6 million settlement for Brianne, the largest personal-injury settlement in the history of …
December 30, 2022
7 Things We Learned About Food Safety Oversight From a Foodborne Illness Expert
Bill Marler, a lawyer specializing in food-borne illness, shared his insights and observations on the food safety industry after working in it, or alongside it, for more than 30 years with the Washington Post. …
December 30, 2022
December 30, 2022
This Food Poisoning Expert Revealed The 6 Things He Refuses To Eat
In early 2016, Marler compiled a list of six foods that he never eats (although, as we’ll explain shortly, he’s taken occasional liberties with one of those foods). The article quickly went viral, which didn’t surprise the attorney. “I get asked a lot about what foods I stay away from,” …
December 29, 2022
Linda Rivera, Hospitalized After Eating Nestle Cookie Dough, Tries to Stay Alive
"People just don't really understand how horrible food-borne illness is," said William Marler, a prominent Seattle-based food-safety lawyer who is representing the Rivera family and 23 other victims in the cookie dough outbreak. "They think food-borne illness is a tummy ache and diarrhea." …
December 15, 2022
The Burger That Shattered Her Life
The New York Times | By Michael Moss Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes. Then her diarrhea turned bloody. Her kidneys shut down. Seizures knocked her unconscious. The convulsions grew …
November 09, 2022
Serving up Trouble
The United States has seen several foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, including a 2008 salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes and peppers that sickened 1,442 people in 43 states,2 a 2006 E. coli outbreak that was later linked to Dole brand baby spinach and resulted in 204 confirmed E …
October 26, 2022
Facing Lawsuits and Angry Customers, This Company Has Yet to Recall a Potentially Harmful Smoothie
Revive Superfoods used tara in its mango pineapple smoothie, the same ingredient that led to a highly publicized Daily Harvest recall over the summer. …
October 25, 2022
A Produce Nightmare at Retail | A leading U.S. food safety lawyer amalgamates cases he has worked on, warning what can happen if food safety is not prioritized.
Bill Marler, a food poisoning lawyer, amalgamates cases he has worked on, waring what can happen if food safety is not prioritized. …
October 24, 2022
Will USDA do something about Salmonella at long last?
Bill Marler, the Salmonella attorney, has just visited Washington DC to push for immediate regulation and legislation. Politico notes that his visit comes on the heels of a scathing ProPublica investigation about multidrug-resistant Salmonella Infantis in poultry and our “baffling and largely toothless food safety system that is ill-equipped to …
October 19, 2022
Hammer Time: Preparation Pays When Disputes Escalate to Lawsuits
Bill Marler, of course, is William D. Marler, the Seattle trial lawyer whose firm is one of the nation's foremost litigators of lawsuits representing victims of foodborne illness. Since 1993, Marler and his partners have won millions of dollars in judgements and settlements in cases involving tainted food. Marler's high-profile …
October 19, 2022
Bill Marler reflects on the case that launched his career in food safety
This year marks the 25th anniversary of a massive E. coli outbreak, which hit 73 Jack in the Box restaurants in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California; sickened 700 people; sent 171 to the hospital; and killed four. The anniversary is a somber but noteworthy milestone for accomplished food safety attorney Bill Marler '87. …
October 19, 2022
Bill Marler: 25 Years of Food Safety
In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Bill Marler about: The circumstances under which he met the late Dave ThenoThe Jack in the Box case and how it propelled his careerThe current listeriosis outbreak in South Africa, and how it compares to the Jack in the Box …
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