Today, along with Gary Newland of the Chicago-area firm Newland, Newland, and Newland, we filed suit on behalf of an Illinois woman, who was sickened at an Aurora Illinois Subway restaurant. The plaintiff is one of many victims of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Subway restaurants in Illinois statewide.
Illinois Woman Sickened in Subway Salmonella Outbreak Files Lawsuit
As the count of those sickened in the Illinois Subway Restaurant Salmonella 
outbreak hit 97, a Salmonella lawsuit was filed against Doctor’s Associates, Inc., the restaurant chain’s parent company. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Will County resident Alicea Bush-Bailey by Drew Falkenstein of food safety law firm Marler Clark and by Gary A.
Major Stores Pulling Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice Due to Salmonella Risk
In light of the large recall of Conagra’s Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Meals due to its link to at least 30 Salmonella Chester illnesses in 15 states, grocery stores across the country are scouring their freezers to ensure it is pulled off the shelf. Two stores, Grocers Giant Food LLC and Stop & Shop Supermarket
Subway Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss sickens 90 and hospitalizes 25
From an Illinois Department of Public Health press release.
To help prevent a secondary outbreak of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss associated with SUBWAY® restaurants in the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is requiring food handlers in 46 restaurants currently linked to the outbreak, to have two consecutive test results that are negative for
DeLauro on Two Major Food Safety Recalls
15 million pounds of SpagettiOs and all Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals being recalled.
Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement today in reaction to two major recalls announced by the USDA today.
One focuses on the Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC, of Paris, Texas, and approximately 15,000,000 pounds
30 Salmonella Chester Illness linked to Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Dinners in 15 States
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Chester infections.
As of June 18, information had been collected on 14 ill and 21 well persons. Preliminary
Oregon and Minnesota at it again in ConAgra’s frozen foods recall
Oregon and Minnesota’s state health departments and departments of agriculture have again provided some of the critical epidemiological data in cracking the Salmonella outbreak linked yesterday to ConAgra’s Marie Calendar brand cheesy chicken and rice frozen entrees. There are only two recognized illnesses in each state, but Minnesota generated the positive test result for Salmonella Chester
First Salmonella Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Casa Lopez Patron
Young Man One of 45 Sickened in the Outbreak
The first lawsuit stemming from an outbreak of Salmonella at Casa Lopez Restaurant in Athens, OH was filed today in the Court of Common Pleas. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Athens County resident Tyler Nay by his attorneys: Bill Marler of food safety law
Salmonella Cases in Kentucky – Missing Link?
For the past week and a half, the Madison County Health Department has been monitoring an increase in positive tests for Salmonella, according to department spokesperson Christie Green. Six cases have and are all of the same strain, she said. "Epidemiologists believe the cases may be a cluster with a common source of infection," Green
Salmonella abounds in spring and early summer 2010
Salmonella is one of the most frequent causes of bacterial foodpoisoning in the United States, causing 40,000 confirmed cases every year, and probably millions of unconfirmed illnesses. 2010 has been no different. We have seen outbreak after outbreak, and recall after recall. Here is a short summary of many prominent Salmonella outbreaks and recalls over