With all of the recent salmonella and E. coli outbreaks – beef, peanut butter, cookie dough, spices, and others – the food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke have been fielding a huge volume of calls from concerned citizens who want to know whether they have a viable food poisoning case.  The answer is a [...]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”)  has released new data from the Nestle Toll House cookie dough E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.  As of July 10, the CDC reports that 76 persons from 31 states have been infected with the outbreak strain (E. coli 0157:H7).  Thirty-five persons have been hospitalized, 11 with a severe complication called [...]

Chaffee County Public Health Department personnel are working with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to investigate a new cluster of E. coli illnesses in Salida, Colorado. Two children were recently diagnosed with Escherichia coli and at least three others have reported symptoms that could indicate the illness. One child was hospitalized and [...]

Health officials continue to investigate two Cleveland eateries for possibly serving burgers tainted with E. coli bacteria. Matt Carroll, director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health, said that officials from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have recently inspected the VFW Hall in North Olmsted and Deekers Side Tracks in Mentor. Three Cuyahoga County residents who contracted E. coli in [...]

As we enter the summer months, we will start to see an increase in E. coli outbreaks.  Most will be related to the consumption of contaminated hamburger.   The first outbreak – currently ongoing on Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois — has already claimed the life of an innocent 7 year old and sickened many others.  Valley [...]

The Cleveland Health Department has reported that a 7-year-old Cleveland girl died Sunday from an E. coli infection.  Health officials say the death could be linked to a massive ground beef recall issued Thursday from Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Ill.  A USDA investigation has now confirmed that three other Cleveland-area residents were also infected by eating [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that Valley Meats LLC has  recalled over 95,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.  The company is located in Coal Valley, Illinois. On May 13, 2009, FSIS was informed by the Ohio Department of Health of a cluster of [...]

We talk with people every day who want to know whether they may have a viable food poisoning case.   Here is how we go about answering that question for them. First, it is important to understand that most food poisoning illnesses are never specifically identified.   Almost everyone has suffered from food poisoning at one time or another in their lives.   [...]