ConAgra Pot Pie Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
Marler Clark filed six lawsuits against against ConAgra, the company whose Banquet and store-brand chicken and turkey pot pies were identified as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. Three of the lawsuits were filed in Washington State, while the other three were filed in Minnesota, Michigan, and Nebraska.
On October 29, 2007, the CDC announced that at least 272 people had been confirmed as suffering from Salmonella infections that had been linked epidemiologically and through laboratory testing to the consumption of contaminated pot pies between January 1, 2007 and October 29, 2007. At the time of the update, the CDC was aware of 65 people who had been hospitalized due to their Salmonella infections.
In the face of criticism and litigation, ConAgra recalled all poultry pot pies produced in its Missouri plant. The company has since reopened its facility for processing Banquet pot pies and will ship the products to stores for sale in January.
PRESS RELEASES:
Marler Clark files Salmonella lawsuit on behalf of child sickened after eating pot pie
Marler Clark files second lawsuit against ConAgra on behalf of victim of Salmonella outbreak traced to Banquet pot pies
Marler Clark files fifth lawsuit against ConAgra on behalf of man who ate contaminated Banquet pot pies
Seattle law firm files sixth lawsuit against ConAgra over Salmonella-tainted pot pies
You can read more about the ConAgra pot pie Salmonella outbreak at the Marler Clark-sponsored Web site about Salmonella.
