A Newport Heights, Ironwood, man claims a salmonella bacteria spreading throughout the Sky View and Villa Maria nursing homes in Hurley was a "substantial factor in contributing to the illness, infection, and death" of his mother.

In filing an Iron County lawsuit on Wednesday against Lawrence, Laureen, and John Kutz, the Villa Maria Health and

Seattle law firm Marler Clark and Asheville, NC attorney Mark Kurdys have jointly filed a second lawsuit against Orchid Island Juice Co. of Fort Pierce, Florida.

The firm represents Barbara Jane Dooley, a 72-year-old Jackson County, North Carolina resident who became ill with Salmonellosis after consuming Orchid Island unpasteurized orange juice in June while dining

Food safety attorney William Marler today reissued calls for more stringent recall procedures for contaminated food in the aftermath of a Salmonella outbreak at a restaurant in San Francisco. According to health officials, 22 ill persons have tested positive for a strain of Salmonella matching the strain associated with raw almonds.

In May, 2004, officials

A woman who says she became ill after drinking orange juice tainted with salmonella is suing the Florida producer, claiming it was negligent in selling an unpasteurized product in West Virginia, Michigan and elsewhere.

Heather Dowdy of Caldwell filed the lawsuit against Orchid Island Juice Co. of Fort Pierce, Fla., late Thursday in U.S. District

A salmonella lawsuit has been filed against Orchid Island Juice Company of Fort Pierce, Florida. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Heather Dowdy, a Caldwell, West Virginia resident who became ill with a Salmonella infection after consuming Orchid Island unpasteurized orange juice.

Ms. Dowdy is represented by Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm nationally

Lawyers may begin trying to hammer out financial settlements for hundreds of people who were sickened by a batch of salmonella-tainted tomatoes last summer.

Seattle attorney Bill Marler, who specializes in food-related illness, said that if a judge approves, he will begin talks with attorneys for the Altoona, Pennsylvania-based Sheetz convenience store chain and

Bankrupt Coronet Foods is now facing a lawsuit by 92 people from several states. A judge has ruled the people who claim they got sick after eating tainted roma tomatoes could sue Sheetz, the store that sold them, and the company that supplied them, Wheeling based Coronet Foods.

Coronet laid off their entire workforce after