Seattle lawfirm Marler Clark has announced the settlement of two salmonella cases stemming from the May 2001 salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupe.
The FDA advised consumers of an outbreak of salmonella poona linked to cantaloupe imported to the U.S. by Shipley Sales Service of Nogales, Arizona. The FDA detained all cantaloupe imported by Shipley
Marler Clark, a Seattle law firm with a long track record of successful lawsuits against food companies, has filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of all persons sickened and injured by unpasteurized orange juice contaminated with a rare strain of the salmonella bacteria. The contaminated juice was manufactured by Sun Orchard, which is
A grandmother is suing a Kennesaw restaurant, claiming she and her 4-year-old granddaughter were sickened after eating lunch there last month. The lawsuit was filed the same day the popular establishment reopened after a salmonella food poisoning outbreak.
Bonnie Bartley and Allison B. Luster, 4, of Marietta, claimed they both became extremely ill after eating
A Seattle personal injury law firm that specializes in food-borne illnesses has been retained by four victims of a June outbreak of salmonellosis at a Gates country club.
The people – three from a Rochester family and one man from Florida – have retained Marler Clark, the firm that in 1993 won a $15.6 million
A woman from Ligonier, Pennsylvania became the first in Westmoreland County to sue the Sheetz convenience store chain over an outbreak of salmonella bacteria this summer.
Amanda G. Moore says she got sick after eating a chicken salad sandwich she bought at the chain’s Irwin store on Route 30. Moore says she was hospitalized and
A Ligonier Township woman has filed the first Westmoreland County lawsuit in connection with salmonella poisonings last summer at area Sheetz stores, reports the Tribune-Review.
Amanda G. Moore, of Oakview Drive, contended in court documents filed last week that she contracted food poisoning from a chicken salad sandwich she purchased July 8 at the Sheetz
A group of 67 county jail inmates have filed a lawsuit against the county claiming negligence in an outbreak of illness that followed the 2002 Thanksgiving meal in the jail. More than a third of the 719 inmates in jail on Nov. 28, 2002, reported symptoms of illness after that day’s dinner.
An investigation by
Coronet Foods Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection one week after closing its Fulton facility. The bankruptcy filing came in the wake of the processing plant’s closure on Oct. 22. According to the court filing, Coronet has until Dec. 7 to file its list of creditors and its financial statement with the court. The
Blaming adverse publicity from a salmonella outbreak this past summer that sickened more than 400 people, Coronet Foods said it was ceasing operations today at its plant in Wheeling, W.Va., leaving 220 workers without jobs.
The plant, which supplied bagged salads, vegetables and fruits to customers in about 20 states in New England, the Midwest
While it may not be as dramatic as flying jetliners into buildings, or taking over a school, bioterrorism has the potential to kill far more people, WSU officials said.
The WSU College of Veterinary Medicine is on the front lines of the war on terrorism, part of a nationwide early warning system to detect if