A Hurley woman has filed a lawsuit against Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center, claiming that she contracted a salmonella infection from food served by the center last year.
Helen Kolson, a resident of Villa Vista at the time, alleges in the suit that she was asked by Villa officials to sample food that been
A Seattle lawyer said he no longer plans a lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain over 80 people who said they were sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes.
But attorney Bill Marler, who specializes in food-poisoning cases, is still planning to sue Coronet Foods. The bankrupt Wheeling, West Virginia company supplied tomatoes to Sheetz. A
Seattle food-illness attorney Bill Marler has advised plaintiffs’ attorneys to bargain directly with the Sheetz convenience store chain and Coronet Foods Inc., the bankrupt Wheeling, W.Virginia company that sold salmonella-contaminated Roma tomatoes to Sheetz.
A similar system was used when Chi-Chi’s restaurant was sued by customers sickened in a 2003 hepatitis A outbreak at
Attorneys for more than 80 people who claim they were sickened by tomatoes served at Sheetz convenience stores in Virginia and other states last year want a bankruptcy judge to O-K a plan to mediate pending lawsuits.
Seattle food-illness attorney Bill Marler has asked a federal judge in West Virginia to allow plaintiffs’ attorneys to
Marler Clark, the Seattle foodborne illness law firm, and Martinez & Potter, a respected Los Angeles law firm, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven people who became ill with salmonella infections after eating Paramount Farms raw almonds.
Paramount Farms recalled roughly eighteen million pounds of almonds after the CDC traced the salmonella illnesses
Pennsylvania: Sheetz Salmonella Litigation
In the summer of 2004, more than 400 in Pennsylvania and four other Eastern states suffered salmonella poisoning that was traced to contaminated Roma tomatoes in sandwiches sold at Sheetz convenience stores. Marler Clark represents more than 80 of the victims.
The tomatoes are believed to have been grown in Florida
Food makers and foodservice providers are facing increasing risks of litigation from consumers. The risk grows with the parallel rise of foodborne pathogens, such as salmonella, in the food chain.
Carried in eggs, poultry, raw milk and chocolate the salmonella bacteria is a major problem in most countries across the globe, leading to hefty costs
Margaret-Ann Reynard, 39, is suing Exquisite Quisine after eating at one of its restaurants in East Kilbride with her fiance in 2000. The former midwife is seeking one million pounds in compensation after claiming a Chinese meal at the restaurant gave her salmonella poisoning and triggered arthritis.
Her counsel, Maria Maguire QC, told the Court
Payroll checks caught up in the company’s bankruptcy hearings will finally be released early next week to former employees of the company.
Coronet CEO Ernie Pascua said even more help could be on the way. Currently, the company is in talks with a nationally known company regarding a buyout. Pascua also said Coronet filed a
Dozens of diners who got salmonella poisoning after eating at a Melbourne pizza restaurant today won compensation payments in the Federal Court.
Sofia’s pizza restaurant on Burke Road in Camberwell has agreed to pay out a total of $200,000 in damages to 62 adults and 14 children who fell ill after eating there in December