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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 …
October 19, 2022
Getting to Know Bill Marler: Distinguished Food Safety Attorney Has a Huge Heart for Victims + Survivors
In his work as an accomplished attorney and national food safety expert, Bill wears many professional hats that keep him hopping. At Marler Clark, “The Food Safety Law Firm,” Bill has represented and fought side-by-side thousands of people who’ve suffered the devastating health and life consequences of contaminated food products …
October 19, 2022
He helped make burgers safer. Now he's fighting food poisoning again.
Washington Post | By Kimberly Kin | 2020 Bill Marler, the Seattle lawyer who represented hundreds of victims in the Jack in the Box food poisoning case in the 1990s, was outraged by the avoidable tragedy that sickened 700 and claimed the lives of four children. He courted the …
October 19, 2022
Bill Marler On Food Safety & COVID-19
Prominent food safety attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark LLP, who has been representing victims of foodborne illnesses since the early 1990s, recently spoke with Law360 about practicing remotely from his home on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound and about food safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
October 19, 2022
The Food Safety Imperative: Talking With Attorney Bill Marler
The massive 1993 E. coli outbreak linked to Jack in the Box burgers was a turning point for both food safety in the United States and young attorney Bill Marler. The experience of representing 9-year-old victim Brianne Kiner against the fast-food giant inspired Marler to focus his fledgling law career …
October 19, 2022
3 key rules to follow when eating at restaurants, according to a lawyer who represents food poisoning victims
Bill Marler is an attorney who specializes in food borne illness cases.Most of the cases he's worked on have involved either undercooked or prepackaged foods.He's learned to always order food cooked well done and to avoid salads to reduce his risk of food poisoning. When it comes to eating carefully …
October 19, 2022
A Safer Food Supply
Attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark in Seattle has dedicated his career to representing people injured by foodborne illness and to advocating for better food safety regulation. Trial spoke with him about what’s challenging about these cases, common misconceptions, and what more needs to be done to protect consumers. …
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