Today, we filed suit in an outbreak that has largely flown below the radar. In early to mid-July, multiple people suffered confirmed Salmonella infections after eating various mexican dishes from the El Gran Burrito Express location at 1207 South Pulaski Road, Chicago.
Our client, Glorida Molden, ate there on Wednesday July 6, 2011, and began
The CDC weighed in today on the Salmonella Heidleberg outbreak linked to ground turkey. 77 ill in 26 states, 1 death, and the strain of Heidelberg is antibiotic resistant. The statement goes on to give an obligatory consumer warning:
On July 29, 2011 USDA-FSIS released a public health alert for frozen or fresh ground turkey
The CDC announced this evening that a total of 77 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 26 states between March 1 and August 1, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows:AL (1), AZ (2), CA (6), GA (1), IA (1), IL (7)
Last night we learned that a 5-year-old Indiana girl died from an E. coli infection while hospitalized at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. It is almost certain that she was suffering from the devastating effects of hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, which is caused by the toxins that many strains of E. coli, including