The headlines about Shigella have taken a sharp turn. For most of my career the bug showed up in the news the way I knew it best — a daycare outbreak, a sick restaurant worker, a batch of contaminated produce. Lately the headlines read more like something out of an STI clinic: “sexually transmitted superbug,” “drug-resistant Shigella spreading among […]
114 confirmed illneses 21 states 60 hospitalizations 18 HUS 1 death; still investigating Ohio
The E. coli outbreak that has been linked to Spinach has sickened over 100 in 20 states. Marler Clark has ben retained by 18 families and is investigating 22 other cases in several states. We have filed lawsuits in Oregon, Wisconsin and Utah. I have had several inquiries about prior outbreaks stemming from fresh spinach […]
Note – the AP news report cited in the article Spinach packer target of suits that we filed a lawsuit in California on behalf of the family is incorrect. We did represent Ms. McWalter’s family two years ago stemming from her death after eating E. coli contaminated spinach. She died after contracting HUS. For information […]
FROM PRESS REPORTS FROM OHIO: Family: Spinach May Be Responsible For Baby Death A Cambridge family would have celebrated their baby girl’s second birthday Saturday, but instead, they were searching for answersas to what caused Olivia Perkins, and three other children in the family, to contract E.coli. It was that bacteria that eventually took little […]
Posted on September 15, 2006 and updated on September 16, 2006, by Bill Marler Affected brands Natural Selection Foods brands include: Natural Selection Foods, Pride of San Juan, Earthbound Farm, Bellissima, Dole, Rave Spinach, Emeril, Sysco, O Organic, Fresh Point, River Ranch, Superior, Nature’s Basket, Pro-Mark, Compliments, Trader Joe’s, Ready Pac, Jansal Valley, Cheney Brothers, […]
The AP just reported that California based Natural Selection Foods may be the missing link in this ongoing outbreak: Natural Selection Foods LLC said in a statement that it was cooperating with federal and state health officials to identify the source of the contamination and had stopped shipping all fresh spinach products. They are sold […]
I was awakened this morning at 3:00 AM Seattle time by a reporter wanting to know the status of the outbreak. At that time the toll on consumers stood at 30 from 7 states. Over 12 hours later and countless interviews, spinach contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 has now sickened at least 94 people across […]
Another in a series of articles by Mr. Lin and the LA Times tracking the problems with fresh, "pre-washed," ready to eat lettuce and spinach: FDA issues spinach warning. From the article: An ongoing outbreak of E. coli has killed one person and sickened at least 48 others in eight states, prompting the U.S. Food […]
In its article Nationwide E. coli breakout affects bagged spinach the Statesman Journal reports on the confirmed E. coli case in Salem, Oregon. From the article: Wellborn’s illness was traced back to a package of Dole baby spinach, according to her family and her attorney. The law firm of Marler Clark in Seattle, which has […]
Lois M. Collins of the Deseret Morning News has reported on the E. coli increase in Utah. From the article: Enterohemorrhagic E. coli outbreaks linked to pre-washed or ready-to eat spinach or lettuce, sold under various brand names, are nothing new, attorney William Marler, of Seattle’s Marler Clark LLP, told the Deseret Morning News. Marler, […]
In their article State death tied to E. coli Outbreak linked to spinach, Jesse Garza and Kawanza Newson report on the first fatality linked to the spinach outbreak. As was reported in the article: Bill Marler of the Seattle-based law firm Marler Clark said he is representing four cases of victims of the latest outbreak, […]
We have learned that in the next few hours a press release will be issued from the CDC, FDA, and State Health Departments to alert the public to an ongoing outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has been linked to contaminated spinach. This outbreak appears to involve several states, including Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon and New […]
Nothing yet has been solidly confirmed, however, I have been contacted by two Oregon residents who believe that they are part of a wider E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that is potentially tied to the consumption of bagged "Baby Spinach." It appears that the Oregon State Department of Health (one of the best in the country) […]
Interestingly, September is FOOD SAFETY MONTH. I guess someone forgot to let the victims and the businesses below know that. Milwaukee Looking For Link to as many as eleven E. coli cases Eleven people have been sickened recently by E. coli in Milwaukee County. Health officials have not said if the cases are related, but […]
In an LA Times article E. Coli Outbreaks Prompt Review of Salinas Valley Lettuce Farms, Rong-Gong Lin II reports that Salinas Valley growers’ practices are being evaluated by state and federal health officials after their products’ link to repeated illnesses. From the article: Lettuce and spinach grown in the valley, dubbed the "Salad Bowl of […]