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Marler Clark developed this Salmonella Litigation site to keep our clients up-to-date on current litigation being prosecuted by Marler Clark throughout the United States. The site is also a resource for Marler Clark co-counsel in Salmonella cases, print and broadcast media who are working on stories about Salmonella outbreaks and outbreak-related litigation, and potential clients who are researching Marler Clark in anticipation of filing an Salmonella claim.
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- Alamosa, Colorado, Municipal Water System Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), over 400 people became ill with Salmonella after drinking water from the Alamosa municipal water system. The Centers for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CDPHE confirmed the presence of Salmonella in five out of six water samples taken from various areas around Alamosa, and laboratory results confirmed the presence of Salmonella in the water system, which was flushed in a three-stage water treatment process beginning March 25. The CDPHE…
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- Quizno’s Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Marler Clark represents a woman who became ill with a Salmonella Typhimurium infection after eating contaminated tomatoes served in food-items at the Rochester, Minnesota, Quizno’s restaurant in early October of 2007.
The Minnesota Department of Health and Olmstead County Public Health Services investigated the outbreak and identified 23 cases of Salmonella infection among patrons and employees of the restaurant; 18 were culture-confirmed, and one person was hospitalized for two days. All cases ate food prepared at the restaurant…
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- ConAgra Pot Pie Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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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…
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- Sheetz Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Marler Clark represented 137 people in Salmonella litigation against Sheetz, Coronet Foods and various others that supplied tainted tomatoes to Sheetz stores. All claims were settled in the summer of 2006.
On July 23, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration and Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that a case control study had been conducted, and the conclusions based off the study were that salmonella-contaminated Roma tomatoes were the source of an outbreak linked to sandwiches, salads, and wraps sold at Sheetz retail food stores…
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- Quality Inn Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Marler Clark represented eight clients who suffered from Salmonella poisoning after eating at the Quality Inn in Clarkston, Washington in March 2003, two of whom developed reactive arthritis secondary to their Salmonella infections.
The health department’s report confirmed the source of the outbreak in its final report, naming contaminated eggs as the culprit.
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- Paramount Farms Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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On May 18, 2004, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the nationwide recall of whole natural raw almonds by Paramount Farms, Inc.
According to the FDA, the almonds had been sold under “Kirkland Signature,” Trader Joe’s,” and “Sunkist” brands. The “Kirkland Signature” brand almonds were available exclusively at Costco Wholesale Inc.
The FDA stated that seven cases of Salmonella Enteritidis poisoning in Alaska, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Utah had been linked to the consumption of raw almonds from Paramount…
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- Orchid Island Juice Co. Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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On July 8, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide warning to consumers against drinking unpasteurized orange juice products distributed under a variety of brand names by Orchid Island Juice Company of Fort Pierce, Florida, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium and has been associated with an outbreak of human disease. On July 15, 2005, the FDA expanded the recall further.
The FDA noted that Orchid Island distributes unpasteurized orange juice and unpasteurized frozen orange…
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- Old South Restaurant Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was notified of a potential foodborne illness outbreak in Kershaw County on Sunday, May 22, 2005. DHEC began an investigation into the outbreak and quickly identified the Old South Restaurant in Camden as a potential source.
As officials at DHEC investigated the source of the outbreak, the number of ill people grew. DHEC issued a statewide advisory about the outbreak after people who had eaten at the restaurant and then traveled large distances became ill with Salmonella…
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- Golden Corral Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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In the summer of 2003, 23 patrons of the Golden Corral, a buffet-style restaurant chain, reported Salmonella berta infections to the Georgia Division of Public Health. All had recently eaten at the Golden Corral in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Illness was not statistically associated with any food item or combination of foods; but an environmental investigation revealed a broken food-dicer that had the potential to contaminate freshly diced foods. Cultures were done from food-handlers, food, and the restaurant environment, and Salmonella berta…
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- Fern Hill Golf & Country Club Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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On May 9, 2005, the Macomb County Health Department (MCHD) received reports of five recently diagnosed cases of Salmonella in Macomb County residents. All five had sought care at area hospitals and three had been admitted for in-patient care. Isolates obtained from culture of stool specimens obtained from case patients were sent to the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Public Health Laboratory where they were serotyped as Salmonella enteriditis.
MCHD staff conducted initial interviews with the five case patients. All had…
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- Economart Salmonella Litigation
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On May 22, 2005, a group of friends shared a rotisserie chicken purchased at the Willison, North Dakota, Economart. Within thirty hours, three succumbed to Salmonella Typhimurium infections. An unrelated family, consisting of a mother and two children, purchased a rotisserie chicken from Economart the same day. The mother fell ill twenty-eight hours later with a culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhimurium infection, and one of her children was secondarily infected several days later and experienced a diarrheal illness.
On June 2, the day…
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- CL Swanson Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Twelve Rochelle Foods workers submitted stool samples that tested positive for Salmonella during the three-week period between April 5 and April 22, 2005. Two of these twelve individuals worked in the plant cafeteria, managed and operated by C.L. Swanson Corporation. The Ogle County Health Department reported that four other people became ill with symptoms of a Salmonella infection during the outbreak, but did not submit stool samples for testing. The only common exposure between all ill people was consumption of food at the Rochelle Foods cafeteria…
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- Chili’s Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Over three hundred people who ate food from a Chili’s restaurant in Vernon Hills, Illinois between June 23, 2003 and July 1, 2003 were infected with Salmonella javiana, a relatively unusual strain of the sometimes deadly salmonella bacteria.
An investigation conducted by the Lake County Health department revealed a host of deficiencies and safety violations that contributed to the outbreak, or made it worse. These included the operation of the restaurant one day without available hot-water, the operation of the restaurant for part of…
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- Cafe Santa Fe Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Cafe Santa Fe voluntarily closed on Sunday, May 1, 2005, for inspection, cleaning, and re-training of employees to ensure compliance with health department regulations after the restaurant’s food was identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak.
On May 12, 2005, Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Café Santa Fe, a South Little Rock, Arkansas restaurant located near Interstate 30. The suit, which was filed on behalf of a Benton, Arkansas woman, sought compensation for injuries that the woman suffered during a Salmonella outbreak…
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- Cafe Barbette Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Minnesota health authorities began an investigation of Café Barbette after being contacted by multiple people who ate at the restaurant on June 6th and 7th and had become ill with Salmonella illnesses.
An investigation by the Hennepin County Health Department revealed that chilled carrot soup served at Café Barbette was the source of the Salmonella outbreak. Among other things, the health officials determined that at least 29 people had fallen ill after eating at Café Barbette. Many outbreak victims required emergency medical attention,…
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- Adrift Restaurant Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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The Skagit County Public Health Department (SCPHD) first learned of illness associated with food from Adrift restaurant on September 7, 2005. Two people had been hospitalized at Island Hospital in Anacortes, and both had eaten crab cakes at Adrift restaurant between August 30 and September 2.
Ten whole raw eggs were mixed into each batch of crab cakes. The cakes were approximately one and one-quarter inches thick and two inches in diameter. The restaurant made a batch of 75 crab cakes every two to three days. During a SCPHD investigation…
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- Veggie Booty Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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On June 28, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Robert’s American Gourmet Food, Inc. of Sea Cliff, New York, was recalling Veggie Booty Snack Food. The company recalled all lots and sizes of the Veggie Booty after health officials traced the product as the source of a Salmonella outbreak.
According to an FDA press release issued on June 29, 2007, 52 people in 17 states had become ill with Salmonella infections since March. On July 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a press release…
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- Sushi King Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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In February of 2006, the Arkansas Department of Health and Benton County Health Department reported that 52 individuals had cultured positive for Salmonella infections after eating at the Sushi King restaurant in Bentonville, Arkansas. At least 152 people reported experiencing symptoms of Salmonella infection, with the last date of symptom onset reported as February 14th.
Marler Clark represented 15 individuals who became ill with Salmonella infections after eating at the Sushi King restaurant in claims with Sushi King’s insurer. …
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- Harmony Farms Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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In March of 2003, a Salmonella outbreak involving the Salmonella St. Paul strain occurred in Oregon and Washington, with a total of at least 9 lab confirmed cases. The investigations by both state health departments eventually linked the outbreak to contaminated alfalfa sprouts which had been shipped to and sold in both states by the sprout grower, Harmony Farms.
Marler Clark represented two of the victims, both of whom required emergency room treatment and subsequent medical care, and both cases were resolved in April, 2004.
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- Corky & Lenny’s Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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A Cuyahoga County Health Department investigation revealed that twenty-one customers who had eaten at Corky & Lenny’s Restaurant in Woodmere, near Cleveland, Ohio, between January 29 and February 10, 2006, were hospitalized with Salmonella infections. At least twenty individuals were confirmed ill with Salmonellosis, and 61 probable cases were reported to the health department. Corky & Lenny’s closed on February 10th, and reopened on February 17th, after it had been deemed safe by the health department.
Marler Clark filed suit…
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- ConAgra Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Marler Clark filed a class action lawsuit against ConAgra on February 20, 2007. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all individuals who became ill with symptoms of Salmonella infections, but were not hospitalized as a result of their infections. The class action lawsuit followed on the heels of two lawsuits Marler Clark filed on Friday, February 16, 2007.
The firm has tested hundreds of jars of peanut butter, and continues to test jars provided by our clients. There are several thousand jars of peanut butter that may be tested…
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- Beaches Sandy Bay Jamaica Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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Food contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis caused a widespread outbreak at Beaches Sandy Bay resort, Jamaica, in January and February of 2005.
A joint Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Jamaican Ministry of Health (JMH) investigation, published in June 2005, confirmed the Salmonella outbreak. The investigation began because nineteen Wisconsin residents had been found in February 2005 as either culture-confirmed or suspected Salmonella Enteritidis cases with a common exposure being recent travel to Jamaica. In fact,…
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- Wal-Mart Salmonella Outbreak Litigation
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In May 2006, Indiana’s Johnson and Marion County Health Departments began receiving reports of an apparent Salmonella outbreak among patients at local hospitals. As of August 28, the Indiana State Department of Health reported that at least 84 individuals had been confirmed ill with Salmonellosis between May and August 2006. An investigation into the outbreak revealed the source to be foods purchased from the bakery and deli at the Wal-Mart store located at 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood, Indiana.
The epidemiologic investigation…
