Nestle Cookie Dough E. coli Lawsuits

Marler Clark’s E. coli lawyers filed a lawsuit against Nestle USA on June 22, 2009.  The lawsuit, which was the first filed on behalf of a victim of the 2009 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced to contaminated Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie and brownie dough products, was filed on behalf of a young California woman who is one of 76 people confirmed with E. coli since the outbreak began in March of 2009.  The next day, the E. coli lawyers filed a second lawsuit on behalf of a Colorado child who became ill with an E. coli infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious complication of E. coli infection that can lead to kidney failure, after eating Nestle Toll House cookie dough in April.  On June 24, the law firm filed a third E. coli lawsuit against Nestle USA on behalf of a victim from Washington State.

Nestle USA temporarily laid off workers at its Danville, Virginia, plant, while investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspect the plant in an effort to determine where E. coli bacteria could have been introduced to the cookie dough manufacturing process.  According to an FDA press release, prepackaged 16-ounce Toll House refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough bar produced at the Danville plant in February tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 on June 29. 

According to the CDC, the 76 people who became ill with E. coli after eating Nestle refrigerated cookie dough and brownie products range in age from 2 to 65 years.  Thirty-five E. coli outbreak victims have been hospitalized and 11 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious complication of E. coli infection that can lead to kidney failure.  Products included in the E. coli recall cam be found here.

Marler Clark’s E. coli attorneys have the most extensive experience of any law firm litigating E. coli cases across the country.  Lawyers at the firm began representing E. coli victims in 1993, and have continued to represent victims E. coli outbreaks across the nation since that time.  For more information about the E. coli lawsuit filed today, please visit the Marler Clark law firm Website.

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