baby.jpgHealth department officials in Amarillo, Texas are reporting an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 among seven area children.  Reports indicate that a common food vehicle has not been found, but that the children had been in contact with each other.

Outbreaks among children, and in daycare settings, are particularly frightening as children are at increased risk for developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).  

Marler Clark has represented families of sick children from previous daycare outbreaks.  Marler Clark litigated a case on behalf of a child sickened in May, 2004, in Jasper County, Missouri.  The firm previously handled a claims arising out of outbreaks in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2002 and in Folsom, California, in 2000.