Seattle-based lawyer William Marler says he plans to file 148 cases against Sheetz and Coronet Foods concerning allegedly Salmonella-infested tomatoes sold in 2004. Most are in Pennsylvania, but he says there are handfuls in West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia in Maryland.
A group of four Sheetz customers have already filed a lawsuit in Tucker Circuit
Customers Kenneth and Charlene Winters as well as Larry and Tamela Clendennin filed two separate lawsuits against Sheetz, Inc., for selling tomatoes containing salmonella bacteria. Coronet Foods, Inc., the tomato supplier, is also listed as a defendant.
Both are represented by Michael L. Solomon of Morgantown law firm Solomon and Solomon.
Both Larry Clendennin and
Bad eggs could end up costing a Melbourne hotel more than $1 million dollars in damages, with victims of a food poisoning outbreak winning the right to compensation. More than 50 people were poisoned at the Old England Hotel at Heidelberg in Christmas 2003. Up to 150 more could join the class action for compensation.
The outbreak of foodborne illness centered at Old South restaurant in Camden, South Carolina turned out to be one of the biggest in the state’s history, sickening over 300 people and killing one man.
Environmental staff collected surface swabs and questioned staff and owners about food preparation. Officials returned again and collected samples of raw
The January and February 2005 Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak at Beaches Sandy Bay was extensive. The outbreak was confirmed by a joint CDC and Jamaican Ministry of Health investigation.
The investigation actually began because nineteen Wisconsin State residents had been found in February 2005, as either culture-confirmed or suspected Salmonella Enteritidis cases, with a common exposure
Between early May and early June 2005 the Michigan Department of Community Health identified 11 state residents as being infected with an indistinguishable genetic strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. Eight of the cases were reported in children and five of the cases had required hospitalization.
Interviews with case patients indicated that all had consumed store brand
While conducting routine surveillance, Pennsylvania Department of Health personnel noted an increase in reported Salmonella Group D infections occurring in state residents. Salmonella is a reportable disease in Pennsylvania and laboratories throughout the state are asked to submit isolates to the PDOH Public Health Laboratory for serotyping.
The number of reported Salmonella Group D cases
Oregon State Public Health Laboratory identified a cluster of five patients infected with Salmonella Enteritidis. The five patients were from four Oregon counties and had onsets of illness ranging from February to April, 2004. Further investigation would lead to documentation of at least 29 patients in 12 states and Canada with matching SE isolates, since
By June 22, the total number of confirmed cases reported to the Monroe County Health Department had reached 17. The Salmonella cases were linked to multiple events at the Brook-Lea Country Club.
In response to the outbreak, the Monroe County Health Department inspected the Brook-Lea kitchen and reviewed its food-handling procedures. In addition, the kitchen
Two patients had contacted the Lake County Health Department independently regarding becoming ill after eating at a Chili’s Grill & Bar in Vernon Hills, Illinois. This prompted the LCHD to send investigators to the restaurant to inspect it.
What they found was disturbing. The restaurant’s dishwashing machine was broken and corroded; the tube that fed