As of October 30, 90 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 13 states. Wyoming 5, Wisconsin 1, Washington 1, Utah 7, Oregon 1, New Mexico 5, Nebraska 12, Montana 17, Missouri 8, Michigan 2, Kansas 1, Iowa 1, Colorado 29 Illnesses started on dates ranging from Sept […]
E. coli is an archetypal commensal bacterial species that lives in mammalian intestines. E. coli O157:H7 is one of thousands of serotypes Escherichia coli.[1] The combination of letters and numbers in the name of the E. coli O157:H7 refers to the specific antigens (proteins which provoke an antibody response) found on the body and tail or flagellum[2]respectively and distinguish it from other […]
I am reminded of my dad the marine who died over 12 years ago of natural causes. A death by a McDonalds’ quarter pounder is not the way it should have been.
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and foodborne illness attorney since 1993, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark’s work was recently profiled in the Netflix documentary “Poisoned,” The Dirty Truth about your Food, is calling on McDonalds to pay the medical bills and lost wages of the victims of the E. coli outbreak in the United States that has so far sickened 90, […]
As of October 30, 90 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 13 states. Complaint – https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2024/10/10.31.24-West-McDonalds-Complaint-Final-Conformed.pdf Wyoming 5, Wisconsin 1, Washington 1, Utah 7, Oregon 1, New Mexico 5, Nebraska 12, Montana 17, Missouri 8, Michigan 2, Kansas 1, Iowa 1, Colorado 29 Illnesses started on dates […]
As of October 30, 90 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 13 states. Wyoming 5Wisconsin 1Washington 1Utah 7Oregon 1New Mexico 5Nebraska 12Montana 17Missouri 8Michigan 2Kansas 1Iowa 1Colorado 29 Illnesses started on dates ranging from Sept 27, 2024, to October 16, 2024. Of 83 people with information available, […]
As of August 28, a total of 59 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 19 states – Including: Arizona 1, Florida 3, Georgia 2, Illinois 1, Indiana 1, Louisiana 1, Maryland 8, Massachusetts 3, Minnesota 1, Missouri 3, New Jersey 5, New Mexico 1, New York 17, North Carolina 1, Pennsylvania […]
As of October 25, 75 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 13 states. Colorado – 26Iowa – 1Kansas – 1Michigan – 2Missouri – 4Montana – 13Nebraska – 11New Mexico – 5Oregon – 1Utah – 5Washington – 1Wisconsin – 1Wyoming – 4 *Note, several of the illnesses resulted from travel […]
The Latest: Colorado – 26 – Montana – 13 and Nebraska – 11. Colorado health authorities confirmed late yesterday that hamburger that was tested was negative for E. coli O157:H7. Two people, likely children, have developed acute kidney failure and one adult has died. Marler Clark has been retained by dozens and is investigating the […]
On Tuesday, October 22, the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) laboratories received multiple lots of McDonald’s brand fresh and frozen beef patties collected from various Colorado McDonald’s locations associated with the ongoing E. Coli investigation. The CDA Microbiology Laboratory analyzed dozens of subsamples from all the lots and all samples were found to be negative for […]
The stock price fall says it all. It would have been a good idea to have invested millions in food safety before losing BILLIONS in stock value – Just saying.
In 2002, I wrote an Op-ed for the Denver Post entitled: “Put me out of business. Please.” For this trial lawyer, E. coli has been a successful practice – and a heart-breaking one. I’m tired of visiting with horribly sick kids who did not have to be sick in the first place. I’m outraged with a […]
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is supporting Colorado onion producers while an investigation into an ongoing E. coli outbreak continues. CDA is working with our state and federal partners, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Colorado Department of Public Health […]
Today the E. coli attorneys at Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Corporation on behalf of Sarah Johnson, in the District Court of the District of Nebraska (Complaint # 4:24-cv-03195, see attached below). McDonald’s has confirmed that Taylor Farms was the supplier of onions that have been linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak traced to Quarter Pounder […]
As of October 24, 75 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 13 states – Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Sept 27, 2024, to October 10, 2024. Of 61 people with information available, 22 have […]