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Pay E. Coli Boy Scouts' Medical Bills and Parents Lost Wages, Marler Clark Urges S&S Foods
"Blog Release" Bill Marler, food safety advocate and E. coli attorney, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark, has been contacted by victims of the E. coli outbreak traced to the S&S’s hamburger recall and outbreak that has sickened at least...
E. coli bacteria: what are they, where did they come from, and why are some so dangerous? Escherichia coli (E. coli) are members of a large group of bacterial germs that inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and other warm...
E. coli Victim Sues Yum For $5 Million
The Reading Eagle this morning (5/30) reports that Yum Brands, parent company of Taco Bell, is being sued for $5 million in federal court by Debra Moyer of Boyertown. The newspaper said the woman was the victim of E coli...
Victim of Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak Sues Yum Brands
An E. coli lawsuit was filed today against Yum Brands—the parent company of Taco Bell—in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Debra Moyer, a resident of Boyertown, PA, who...
House committee addresses E. coli, Salmonella outbreaks
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today addressed food safety at its Oversight and Investigations subcommittee today on Capitol Hill. Three families whose members suffered food poisoning after eating contaminated food sent representatives to testify in front of...
Taco Bell may pay millions to settle
The Morning Call reports that Taco Bell may be reaching a settlement in their E. coli outbreak class action lawsuit. “We've got a promise from Taco Bell that it will immediately mediate these cases,” said William Marler, who represents...
Eleven suits filed over Taco Bell E. coli outbreak
Yum Brands Inc. said Wednesday that 11 lawsuits have been filed against the company and its Taco Bell Corp. subsidiary for an E. coli outbreak in November and December. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the outbreak was...
Second Taco E. coli Outbreak Traced to Central Valley
Investigators for the FDA and CDC have indicated that the E. coli-contaminated lettuce that sickened customers at Northeast Taco Bell restaurants in November and December of 2006 came from California's Central Valley. The Taco Bell outbreak was reported just...
E. coli outbreak impacts Taco Bell's Q4 earnings
Los Angeles Times reporter Jerry Hirsch wrote about Taco Bell's five percent drop in earnings in the fourth quarter of 2006, and noted that Taco Bell cited a "produce sourcing" issue as part of the reason for the drop...
Taco Bell to Report 4th Quarter Earnings
Taco Bell will report earnings for the 4th quarter of 2006 on Monday, and financial analysts are questioning whether earnings will fall short of expectations following the E. coli outbreak traced to Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast last...
E. coli and raw milk - the ongoing debate
Salon.com recently investigated the health benefits some people say they get from drinking it. They also looked into raw milk, cow shares, and organizations that promote raw milk consumption, and came to conclustions about raw milk: Many people come...
Third E. coli Lawsuit Filed against Taco John's by Seattle Law Firm
Seattle-based Marler Clark will be filing its third lawsuit on behalf of a victim of last year's E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced to Taco John's restaurants in Iowa and Minnesota. The lawsuit was filed against Taco John’s in Minnesota...
QSR.com recently highlighted several E. coli outbreaks that happened at the end of 2006. The author, Fred Minnick, brought up the E. coli outbreaks due to the impact they had on quick-serve restaurants, such as Taco Bell and Taco...
New York E. coli victim sues Taco Bell
Another E. coli lawsuit has been filed against Taco Bell today by Marler Clark. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Michael Notar, a Clinton, New York, resident who became ill with an E. coli infection and was hospitalized...
Six illnesses in area (Rochester) may be linked to Taco Bell
Six people in the Rochester area might have gotten sick as part of the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak that happened about a month ago. The New York state Health Department is reporting all confirmed and potential cases on...
E. coli outbreak picked as top food story of the year
Notably, the E. coli outbreak that was traced to contaminated spinach was the most memorable story food writers across the nation wrote about this year. While Taco Bell and Taco John's try to recover from the effects of E....
Taco Bell E. coli outbreak not the first, won't be the last
The Times-Tribune reports that the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak was not the first outbreak to be traced to tainted produce, and will probably not be the last, according to the CDC and other health officials. While the Centers...
After E. coli outbreak, Taco Bell restaurants reopening
The King of Prussia Courier reports that Taco Bell has reopened several restaurants that were implicated in the recent E. coli outbreak. “Early on, Taco Bell came out and said they had a culture match of the E. coli...
Taco Bell tries to earn consumer confidence, congresswoman calls for single food safety agency
Bob Sandelman, CEO of a research company that did a survey on whether people would return to Taco Bell restaurants after an E. coli outbreak sickened over 70 people in the northeast, says, "It's still a raw issue because...
Recent E. coli outbreaks nothing new to health officials
The Associated Press points out that the FDA and CDC have investigated at least five produce-related outbreaks in the last four months, including the spinach E. coli outbreak, which sickened over 200 people and killed 4, and two Salmonella...
Taco Bell E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak: Q&A with the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has published a fact sheet, titled, "Questions and Answers: Taco Bell E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak." Q. Does FDA know what caused the E. coli O157:H7 infections linked...
Taco John's sued in E. coli case
An E. coli lawsuit was filed against Taco John's in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Ryan and Angela Saul, a Cedar Falls couple whose nine-year-old daughter, Autumn, is...
Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak Update
The FDA and CDC E. coli outbreak investigation into illnesses at Taco Bell restaurants in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware took a turn this week, when health officials determined that green onions were not the source of...
New York man files E. coli lawsuit against Taco Bell
The Seattle law firm Marler Clark filed its second lawsuit in the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak. The lawsuit named Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell and Ready Pac Produce Inc., the company that packaged and distributed...
Taco Bell E. coli Cases up to 200
Bloomberg News reporter Josh Fineman reported that E. coli cases from Taco Bell have topped 200. Fineman discusses confirmed cases that are counted by the CDC, and breaks down other potential cases by state: New York – 22 confirmed...
Seattle E. coli lawyers file lawsuit against Taco Bell
An E. coli lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Stephen Minnis, a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, resident who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating food from the Taco Bell restaurant located on East Philadelphia Avenue...
Prior outbreaks traced to green onions
The Star-Ledger reported on the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak, which is suspected to have been caused by contaminated green onions. The newspaper interviewed Richard Miller, a former Marler-Clark client who became ill with hepatitis A after eating green...
The New York Times reported today that 99 people have been confirmed ill with E. coli infections in connection with this outbreak, and stated that additional Taco Bell restaurants and a second food distributor had been implicated in the...
Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak Update
The Food and Drug Administration today annonced that the agency is involved in the investigation related to the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak at Taco Bell restaurants. The FDA is actively working with state and local health officials, the U.S....
New York State Health Department Investigates E. Coli Cases That May Be Linked to Taco Bell
The New York State Health Department has issued a press release regarding its investigation into illnesses traced to Taco Bell restaurants. State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., today announced that the State Health Department is investigating...
Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak Update: New Jersey Health Department Press Release
The New Jersey Department of Health and Social Services issued a press release on December 6th regarding the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced to Taco Bell restaurants. They are recommending that all Taco Bells in New Jersey receiving food...
Taco Bell's E. Coli Outbreak - Newsweek's Interview with a Food Safety Expert
Newsweek's Jessica Bennett recently interviewed Debra Hotzman, a food safety expert, about what people can do to prevent illness when dining out: Q: "We often see children as the victims of food illness. Why are they so much more...
E. coli traced to green onions: Taco Bell pulls onions from restaurants
An E. coli outbreak among patrons of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania-area Taco Bell restaurants has been traced to E. coli-contminated green onions. Taco Bell has pulled all green onions from restaurants nationwide and closed suburban Philadelphia Taco...
E. coli Attorney Calls on Taco Bell to Pay Victims' Medical Bills
William Marler, a nationally-recognized food safety advocate and attorney, today called on Taco Bell and its parent company, Yum! Brands, Inc., "to do the right thing and immediately pay the medical bills for the victims of this most recent...
The New York Times reports that 35 people are ill with E. coli in New Jersey and Long Island. At least five people are in the hospital, including two with hemolytic uremic syndrome, after eating at New Jersey-area Taco...
19 New Jersey residents ill in latest E. coli O157:H7 outbreak
An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in New Jersey has sickened at least 19 people, most of whom reported eating at New Jersey Taco Bell restaurants in the days before they became ill with symptoms of E. coli infections. The...
Marler Clark has extensive experience representing victims of E. coli bacterial infections. In 1993, William Marler represented HUS survivor Brianne Kiner in her $15.6 million E. coli settlement with Jack in the Box. Since that time, Marler Clark has represented...
Bill Marler is the managing partner in the law firm Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S. Since 1993, Bill has represented thousands of victims of E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter and Norovirus illnesses in over thirty States. Food poisoning...
William D. Marler, E. coli Lawyer
William Marler is the managing partner in the law firm Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S. Since 1993, Mr. Marler has represented thousands of victims of E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter and Norwalk Virus illnesses in over thirty States....
William D. Marler, E. coli Attorney
William Marler is the managing partner in the law firm Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S. Since 1993, Mr. Marler has represented thousands of victims of E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter and Norwalk Virus illnesses in over thirty States....
