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August 13, 2009
Number of Hepatitis A cases now at 30
The 30th case of hepatitis A from a summer outbreak of the disease in the Quad-City region this summer was reportedDeirdre Cox Baker Quad City TimesAugust 12, 2009 The 30th case of hepatitis A from a summer outbreak of the disease in the Quad-City region this summer was reported today ...
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August 11, 2009
Hepatitis A reporting: No fault on RI County’s part, sheriff's officials say
By Deirdre Cox Baker The Quad City Times August 10, 2009The lack of proper disease reporting in the hepatitis A outbreak this summer was not the fault of the Rock ...
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July 24, 2009
McDonald's sued over hepatitis A outbreak
Carla K. JohnsonAssociated PressJuly 23, 2009An Illinois couple has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's, claiming their son was hospitalized for four days after eating at one of the chain's restaurants ...
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July 23, 2009
RI County Health Department: Still-sick McDonald’s worker handled food
Deirdre Cox Baker Quad-City TimesJuly 22, 2009The McDonald's in Milan, Ill., allowed a worker to continue to handle food after being diagnosed with an "acute" case of hepatitis A, a ...
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July 22, 2009
Class Action Lawsuit Filed In Hepatitis A Outbreak
KWQC TvJuly 21, 2009A law firm out of Seattle, Marler Clark, and a law firm out of Illinois have filed a lawsuit on behalf of those who had to get ...
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July 21, 2009
McDonald's Patron Sues After Hepatitis Outbreak
CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical WriterJuly 21, 2009CHICAGO (AP) ― An attorney who specializes in food safety filed a lawsuit Tuesday against McDonald's following a hepatitis A outbreak in northwestern ...
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July 20, 2009
Hepatitis A risk for Milan, Ill. fast food patrons
Associated PressJuly 20, 2009ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Authorities in northwestern Illinois are trying to figure out why a case of hepatitis A in a McDonald's food handler went unreported for ...
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July 19, 2009
Business returns to normal after hepatitis A outbreak
Linda Cook Quad-City TimesJuly 19, 2009 Fries, Happy Meals and coffee were served up for Sunday night supper at McDonald's in Milan, Ill.The restaurant at 400 W. 1st St. was ...
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July 18, 2009
Rock Island County to set up hepatitis A vaccination clinic Monday, Tuesday
Thomas Geyer Quad-City TimesJuly 18, 2009 The Rock Island County Health Department will hold vaccination clinics Monday and Tuesday at Rock Island High School for those people who dined at ...
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January 06, 2008
Chi-Chi's checks to arrive soon
By Jason CatoTRIBUNE-REVIEWWednesday, December 21, 2005Checks should start arriving in a few weeks for nearly 5,000 people who claimed part of an $800,000 lawsuit settlement against Chi-Chi's following a hepatitis ...
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January 06, 2008
Chi-Chi's to settle lawsuit
Staff and wire reportsSaturday, April 30, 2005Bankrupt Chi-Chi's Inc. and its subsidiaries have tentatively agreed to pay $800,000 to compensate 9,489 people who got inoculated because of a 2003 hepatitis ...
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January 06, 2008
Class-action notices to be mailed in Chi-Chi's outbreak
JOE MANDAKAssociated PressFri, Aug. 05, 2005PITTSBURGH - More than 9,000 people who received shots to ward off hepatitis A after an outbreak at a Chi-Chi's restaurant will be mailed forms ...
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January 06, 2008
Men suing Chi-Chi's for 'hepatitis soup'
By Chris OsherTRIBUNE-REVIEWThursday, December 16, 2004Even though he had been laid off from his job at US Airways, Bennie Martino had reason to celebrate.Last fall, he and his wife learned ...
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January 06, 2008
Two lawsuits filed against Chi-Chi’s on behalf of hepatitis A outbreak victims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 15, 2004Contact: Suzanne Schreck206-346-1888PITTSBURGH—Marler Clark and Meyers, Kenrick & Giuffre filed two lawsuits against Chi-Chi’s on Wednesday on behalf of hepatitis A infection victims Angelo Palitti, of ...
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January 06, 2008
Outback Steakhouse closes on acquisition of Chi-Chi's restaurants
BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated PressWed, Sep. 22, 2004Kansas City StarLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Outback Steakhouse Inc. this week closed on its $42.5 million deal for the rights to 76 restaurants in the Chi-Chi's ...
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January 06, 2008
Tristate company sued by Chi-Chi's
Tuesday, August 3, 2004The Associated PressPITTSBURGH - Chi-Chi's is suing food wholesalers, including a Campbell County company, in an effort to get them to help pay for scores of hepatitis-A-related ...
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January 06, 2008
Bankruptcy court OKs Chi-Chi's $2 million in hepatitis settlements
Wednesday, June 30, 2004The Associated PressThe bankruptcy court overseeing the Chapter 11 case of Chi-Chi's Inc. authorized the restaurant chain to pay more than $2 million in settlements to customers ...
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January 06, 2008
Fourteen hepatitis claims settle in first mediation sessions
JOE MANDAKAssociated PressThu, Apr. 29, 2004Centre Daily TimesPITTSBURGH - Court-approved mediators have settled 14 of the first 15 claims they have heard stemming from a hepatitis A outbreak at a ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis victims describe ordeals
By Karen RoebuckTRIBUNE-REVIEWSunday, April 25, 2004They were among the first diagnosed with hepatitis A in the Beaver County outbreak last November; they are among the last to recover.As they watched ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis A menace still looms months later
By Karen RoebuckPittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEWTuesday, April 6, 2004Hepatitis A is not yet a bad memory for many of the 660 people infected in the outbreak in Beaver County in November. It's ...
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January 06, 2008
McDonald's hepatitis case remains a mystery
Bill VidonicBeaver County Times Staff03/25/2004The state Department of Health may never know how a cashier at the McDonald's restaurant in Center Township contracted hepatitis A, a spokesman said.It's not unusual ...
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January 06, 2008
Judge Approves Mediation in Hepatitis A Outbreak
Feb 19, 2004Associated PressPittsburgh (AP) A bankruptcy judge approved an agreement Thursday that will create a mediation system to handle hundreds of legal claims for people sickened during a major ...
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January 06, 2008
Produce liability
By Karen RoebuckThe Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewTuesday, February 24, 2004Food-borne illnesses linked to fresh produce, such as the hepatitis A outbreak at the Chi-Chi's Mexican restaurant in Beaver County, grew significantly during ...
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January 06, 2008
Chi-Chi's agreement awaited
J.D. Prose,Times Staff02/17/2004A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware is expected to approve an agreement today between Chi-Chi's, its creditors and the plaintiffs suing the company over the Beaver County hepatitis ...
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January 06, 2008
Hepatitis claims may go to mediator
Tuesday, February 17, 2004By Joe Mandak, The Associated PressAttorneys for Chi-Chi's and more than 200 people who claim they were sickened in a hepatitis A outbreak in Western Pennsylvania will ...
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