Marler Clark Current Case Updates

E. coli litigation is currently taking place in several states.

• Cargill E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark has filed three E. coli lawsuits against Cargill since the company recalled 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties in September of 2007.  The lawsuits were filed on behalf of residents of Minnesota and Tennessee who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections - and some of them with HUS - after eating hamburgers made from Cargill ground beef patties.

• Crossroads Farm Petting Zoo E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark filed lawsuits on behalf of the families of several children who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after attending the Crossroads Farm Petting Zoo at the North Carolina State Fair in October, 2004. Two of the children developed hemolytic uremic syndrome. 

• Dole and Natural Selections Spinach E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark represented 93 individuals in claims resulting from the 2006 E. coli outbreak traced to fresh, bagged spinach. The firm filed its first E. coli lawsuit on September 14, 2006 on behalf of an Oregon woman who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection in late August, 2006. Marler Clark has resolved the claims of 44 people the firm represented, including the families of three elderly women who died as a result of their E. coli infections.

• Fresno Meat Market E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  In late May and early June of 2007, Fresno County health officials traced an outbreak of 27 E. coli O157 infections to contaminated tri-tip purchased from The Grill at the Meat Market in Fresno. Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against the Meat Market on June 25, 2007 on behalf of an 80-year-old man who became ill with E. coli and hemolytic uremic syndrome after eating tri-tip at a graduation party.

• Interstate Meat E. coli Litigation

  Marler Clark represents Idaho and Washington residents in claims against Interstate Meats, a Clackamas, Oregon, company that manufactured ground beef products that were identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in August of 2007. 

• Nebraska Beef E. coli Litigation

  In 2006, meat manufactured by Nebraska Beef, distributed by Interstate Meat, and sold by Tabaka’s Supervalu was identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak among residents of and visitors to Longville, Minnesota.  An outbreak investigation conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Agriculture led to the conclusion that 17 people who had eaten ground beef purchased at Tabaka’s Supervalu and consumed either in private homes or at a dinner prepared at the Salem Lutheran Church in Longville had become ill with E. coli infections.  Three people developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and one person died. 

• Organic Pastures E. coli Litigation

  Marler Clark filed two E. coli lawsuits against Organic Pastures on February 7, 2008.  The lawsuits were filed on behalf of two children who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) secondary to E. coli O157:H7 infection.  Both children were hospitalized for over a month after drinking Organic Pastures raw milk products.

• Taco Bell E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark filed two lawsuits against Taco Bell in connection with an E. coli outbreak traced to Taco Bell locations on the East Coast in late 2006. The lawsuits were filed in New York and Pennsylvania, and list Ready Pac, Taco Belll’s fresh produce supplier, as an additional defendant. Health officials determined that lettuce was the source of the E. coli outbreak.

• Topps Meats E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark filed two lawsuits against Topps Meats.  The first lawsuit was filed on behalf of a New York child who was hospitalized for four days after eating a Topps hamburger at a barbecue. The second lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mother and child who were both hospitalized - the child with hemolytic uremic syndrome. 

• United Food Group E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark represents victims of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that was traced to consumption of ground beef products sold by United Food Group in the summer of 2007.  The company recalled 5.7 million pounds after illnesses were reported in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.

• Wendy’s E. coli Outbreak Litigation

  Marler Clark filed an E. coli lawsuit against Wendy’s on August 11, 2006. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Utah family that became ill with E. coli O121:H19 infections after the mother was served E. coli-contaminated lettuce at a convention catered by an Ogden, Utah, Wendy’s restaurant. Marler Clark also represents two other women who became ill with hemolytic uremic syndrome after eating contaminated lettuce served at the Wendy’s.