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 the outbreak.
Investigators from the CDC and FDA announced that the likely source of the outbreak
An E. coli outbreak that had been traced to a Taco John’s restaurant in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has also been potentially linked to an outbreak in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Minnesota officials announced that they were investigating an apparent outbreak of E. coli infections tied to a Taco John’s restaurant in Albert Lea, which is just
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 fresh produce to Taco Bell restaurants.
According to the suit, Jared Keller, a Utica, New York
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 in Gilbertsville.
The lawsuit was filed against Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, in
Robert E. Brackett, Ph.D., recently participated in a panel before the US Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Brackett, who is the director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, pointed out that ready-to-eat fresh vegetables, fruits, and prepared salads have a high potential risk of contamination because they are
Marler Clark client Chenelle Reyes was interviewed by KIRO 7 news in Seattle. Ms. Reyes and Bill Marler both discussed the E. coli outbreak traced to spinach with Graham Johnson:
"I literally felt I was dying," Reyes said. "I was in a lot of pain."
Federal investigators confirm the outbreak killed three people and made
A lawsuit has been filed by Seattle lawfirm Marler Clark on behalf of the family of Ruby Trautz, an elderly woman who died after eating E. coli-contaminated spinach.
The estate is suing Dole Food Co. of Westlake Village, Calif.; Natural Selections Foods of San Juan Bautista, Calif.; No Frills Supermarkets of Omaha; and the
A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of the estate of Ruby Trautz, an 81-year-old Nebraska resident who died on August 31, 2006, after suffering complications of an E. coli O157:H7 infection traced to contaminated spinach.
The lawsuit was filed by Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm with a national reputation for the successful representation
HometownAnnapolis.com reports that Maryland health officials have confirmed two more E. coli O157:H7 cases as having the same genetic fingerprint as the strain of E. coli linked to the spinach outbreak.
Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s announcement also addressed the death of June Dunning, an elderly woman from Haggerstown. Seattle law firm Marler-Clark
The Baltimore Channel is reporting that Maryland has confirmed the state’s fifth E. coli O157:H7 illness traced to contaminated spinach.
John Hammond, a spokesman for the state health department, said two more suspected Maryland cases are pending, including that of an elderly resident who died.
The state agency hasn’t identified that person, but family members