Simon & Luke Collects More Salmonella Settlements Today the food poisoning lawyers at national food safety firm Simon & Luke settled 8 claims for victims of a Salmonella Hvittingfoss outbreak that struck patrons of Illinois Subway restaurants last year. The cases were resolved in mediation in San Diego.  All settlement amounts are confidential. Managing partner [...]

Delay in Cargill Ground Turkey Recall Raises Questions The most recent outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg contamination, which has led to at least 78 illnesses across 26 states, has led many to ask some important questions about food regulation and safety in the United States.  Perhaps the most common question asked by both media outlets and [...]

Simon & Luke Prosecuting Salmonella Claims Against Del Monte Simon & Luke has filed 8 Salmonella claims against Del Monte Foods. The claims are past of a Salmonella Hvittingfoss outbreak linked to contaminated Del Monte tomatoes served at Subway restaurants throughout Illinois last year. Reports published by the Illinois Department of Health indicate that the [...]

Jimmy John’s Salmonella Investigation Continues As Illinois health officials continue to investigate a salmonella outbreak that’s sickened nearly 50 people in nine counties, preliminary reports have linked the outbreak to alfalfa sprouts eaten at Jimmy John’s restaurants throughout the state.  Health officials have already begun investigating the alfalfa sprout producers and suppliers to the restaurants, [...]

The Illinois Department of Health has just released the final report on the Salmonella Hvittingfoss outbreak that sickened 109 in Illinois between April and June of this year.   The illnesses were linked to 48 Subway restaurants in 28 counties throughout the state. It now appears that a Central Illinois food distributor – Sysco Central Illinois, [...]

The salmonella lawyers at Simon & Luke are still accepting Salmonella Hvittingfoss claims against Subway. Between May 5 and June 18, 2010, 103 patrons of 46 Illinois Subway restaurants contracted an identical rare strain of Salmonella Hvittingfoss.  At least 25 victims were hospitalized.  The ages of the victims range in age from 2 to 79 [...]

The salmonella lawyers at national food safety law firm Simon & Luke have filed another salmonella claim against Subway. The claim was filed today on behalf of Robert Hussey, a 19-year old college student who contracted Salmonella Hvittingfoss after eating a sandwich at the Subway restaurant located at 610 East Daniel in Champaign, Illinois in [...]

Simon & Luke has filed a claim against Subway on behalf of Cindy Adkisson, a Warren County resident who contracted Salmonella Hvittingfoss after consuming food from the Subway restaurant located at 825 North Main in Monmouth, IL. on May 24. Mrs. Adkisson is one of 97 confirmed cases in the outbreak.  Of those, at least [...]

Victim Count Rises to 97 in 28 Counties The Subway Salmonella Hvittingfoss outbreak continues to expand.  As of today, 97 cases of Salmonella Hvittingfoss linked to Subway have been reported.  At least 25 have been hospitalized.  Victims reported eating at Subway restaurants between May 5 and June 18, 2010.  Cases range in age from 2 [...]

The list of 46 Subway stores from linked to an Illinois outbreak of Salmonella Hvitingfoss has just been released.  They are as follows: Princeton – 213 S Main Beardstown – 91 Plaza Drive Champaign – 2610 N Prospect Ave Champaign – 610 E Daniel Champaign – 1101 N. Mattis Ave Pana – 200 S Poplar [...]