The CDC reports: Shigellosis is a nationally notifiable diarrheal illness caused by gram-negative bacteria. Shigella infection is spread through fecal-oral transmission and sexual contact. Although most infections are self-limited, antibiotics are indicated for severe illness or to reduce transmission in settings with high risk for spread. Since 2015, a growing proportion of cases has been caused by […]
Sudhim Thanawala, Associated Press Writer, reported on the failure of the State Assembly to pass meaningful food safety legislation. The three bills by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, had earlier passed the Senate but were held up in the Assembly Agriculture Committee, where one was rejected and the other two did not come to a vote. […]
Two central Vermont children have been hospitalized with apparent unrelated E. coli infections. A 5-year-old girl from Barre Town and a 3-year-old Randolph girl were being treated for kidney failure and remained on dialysis Monday. Both children were diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a disease caused by certain strains of E. coli. The severity of […]
A lawsuit was filed today against the Meat Market, a Fresno, California, business that was identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in May. The lawsuit was filed by Seattle-based Marler Clark and San Diego-based Gordon & Holmes on behalf of Donald Jorgensen, an 80-year-old Fresno resident who became ill with an […]
I spoke with Stephen J. Hedges, Chicago Tribune, last week about the alarming number of beef recalls and human illnesses over the last months. His full report is here: Food recalls related to ground beef and E. coli bacteria have reached levels not seen in several years, according to food safety experts, sickening 14 people […]
For the first time researchers have identified American bullfrogs as potentially suitable hosts for E. coli O157:H7, a common source of food-borne illness. They report their findings in the June 2007 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
CNN will re-run its Special Investigation on our food supply this weekend. The focus is on the E. coli outbreak tied to spinach, but is also a stern warning about the safety, or lack thereof, of our food supply.
Jay Dow from CBS Channel 2 reported the tragedy of a young student’s death. What’s unclear, however, is how the boy contracted the bacteria. State health officials say the Jackson Avenue School nurse sent the boy home sick on June 13, but he did not have diarrhea or a fever. That’s important because health officials […]
The Associated Press and the Salinas Californian reported that the US Attorney’s Office has closed its investigation into last year’s E.coli outbreak linked to fresh spinach from the Salinas Valley, the Associated Press has reported. The investigation included searches at Growers Express in Salinas, and Natural Selection Foods in San Juan Bautista, California, as well […]
I spoke with Jeff Elder of the Charlotte Observer yesterday afternoon during a break in mediation in Minnesota of nearly 20 E. coli-related illnesses: The scary goat-slaughter E. coli story is getting attention from national experts. “This is the most bizarre case I’ve seen in 15 years of doing food-poisoning cases,” Bill Marler, a Seattle […]
According to Channel 9, employees of the China Grove restaurant that was shut down because of an E. coli outbreak are speaking out, saying that the conditions at the Captain’s Galley seafood restaurant were deplorable. According to one employee, he was treated less like an employee, and more like a slave. “They’re not taking care […]
Sharif Durhams and Adam Bell broke the following story this morning: Restaurant linked to E. coli shut down Health officials closed a China Grove restaurant linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak today after learning some employees slaughtered a goat there last month. At a news conference this afternoon, Rowan County Health Director Leonard Wood […]
Let me first say that the meat industry had been doing something right. E. coli illnesses and outbreaks were down, and down substantially, from 2003 to a few weeks ago. From Jack in the Box outbreak of 1993 through the Summer of the ConAgra outbreak of in 2002, most of the work we did at […]
William Marler is the managing partner of Marler Clark. He began representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks in 1993, when he represented Brianne Kiner in her $15.6 million E. coli settlement with Jack in the Box. In 1998, Mr. Marler joined his current law partners in a practice dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness. […]
Mr. William Marler Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S. 6600 Bank of America Tower 701 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Dear Bill, As we approach the conclusion of my mother’s (Ruby LaFon Trautz) case, I wanted to thank everyone there for your work on behalf of my family. Though this letter is addressed to you, it is […]
According to the Associated Press: A woman infected with E. coli has died in a Rowan County hospital. Rowan Regional Medical Center officials say 86-year-old Faye Sides died yesterday of multiple organ failure related to the infection. Sides was 1 of 20 people who ate at a restaurant in China Grove and became ill about […]