--- title: "Philadelphia Department of Public Health: E. coli Strikes 16" date: 2019-09-05T14:48:00-07:00 author: Bill Marler canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/philadelphia-department-of-public-health-e-coli-strikes-14" section: Litigation Landing Pages --- [Foodborne Illnesses](/foodborne-illnesses) / [E. coli](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/e-coli) / # Philadelphia Department of Public Health: E. coli Strikes 16 The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is investigating two more cases of E. coli that were reported Friday. That brings the total number of people sickened in the outbreak announced last week to 16. In a statement released Thursday, city health officials said their ongoing investigation “has identified a few shared restaurant exposures.” They have not named specific restaurants. All 14 affected people, ranging in age from 7 to 90 years old, “presented with signs of acute gastroenteritis with bloody and non-bloody diarrhea,” according to the statement. The cases have been reported since Aug. 30. **E. coli:** [Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm](http://www.marlerclark.com/), is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of E. coli outbreaks and [hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)](http://www.about-hus.com/). The [E. coli lawyers of Marler Clark](http://www.marlerclark.com/practice_areas/view/e-coli-o157h7-outbreak-litigation) have represented thousands of victims of E. coli and other foodborne illness infections and have recovered over $650 million for clients. Marler Clark is the only law firm in the nation with a practice focused exclusively on foodborne illness litigation. Our E. coli lawyers have litigated E. coli and HUS cases stemming from outbreaks traced to ground beef, raw milk, lettuce, spinach, sprouts, and other food products. 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