Victims of E. coli outbreaks look for answers, solutions

Posted on May 18, 2007 by E. coli Attorney

Marler Clark client Teresa Kaiser was recently interviewed by CNN regarding her E. coli infection.

Teresa became ill with an E. coli infection and suffered kidney failure after eating E. coli-contaminated lettuce at a Taco John's restaurant in Minnesota last November.  Although her kidney function is up to around 44 percent, Teresa now has high blood pressure.

She is looking for answers as to how the lettuce she consumed at Taco John's became contaminated, and health officials' investigation into the outbreak has been hampered since other recent outbreaks have demanded attention that would normally have been afforded to tracing back the Taco John's E. coli outbreak to its source.
 

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Second Taco E. coli Outbreak Traced to Central Valley

Posted on February 13, 2007 by E. coli Attorney

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 before an outbreak at Taco John's locations in the Midwest, which was also traced to lettuce grown in the Central Valley.

In an article for the Salinas Californian, Brian Tumulty reported that FDA was continuing its investigation and that a final investigation report into the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak would not be published for at least another month, while a report on last fall's E. coli outbreak traced to baby spinach will be issued before then.

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