Simon & Luke To File First Ground Turkey Salmonella Lawsuit Against Cargill Tomorow morning, food safety lawyers at Simon & Luke will file the first salmonella lawsuit stemming from a national outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg linked to contaminated ground turkey produced by Minneapolis-based Cargill, Inc. The suit comes after Cargill Value Added Meats Retail, a [...]

The United States sees dramatic increase in Food Borne Illnesses The U.S. saw a dramatic increase in the number of food poisoning cases last year, and the main culprit was salmonella. Food borne illness affects nearly “50 million people each year . . . about one in six Americans,” CDC director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden [...]

The salmonella lawyers at the Houston-based food safety firm Simon & Luke continue to prosecute cases linked to last year’s Salmonella Enteritidis egg outbreak that sickened almost 2000 people nationwide thus far – making it the largest Salmonella outbreak in United States history.  If you were sickened with Salmonella after eating eggs, it is not [...]

I spent yesterday in Chicago arbitrating salmonella claims on behalf of 27 Simon & Luke clients.  The arbitration was defended by super lawyer Dean Panos of Jenner & Block, who represented Kellogg Company, and ACE Insurance Company.  The claims arose out of the 2008-2009 nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated peanut butter.   We had [...]

CDC Updates Salmonella Egg Illness Count – Now 1939 Victims Nationwide In July 2010, CDC identified a nationwide sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates with PFGE pattern JEGX01.0004.  From May 1 to November 30, 2010, a total of 3,578 illnesses were reported.  However, some cases from this period may not have been [...]

The salmonella lawyers at Simon & Luke continue to pursue claims on behalf of citizens who contracted salmonella after consuming eggs and egg products this year.  The illnesses have been linked to contaminated eggs produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms.  Both are located in Iowa.  The CDC has released new data showing that [...]

The salmonella lawyers at national food safety firm Simon & Luke have filed the first claims against Luxe Burger Bar in Providence, Rhode island relating to a Salmonella Newport outbreak that occurred in May 2010.  The outbreak sickened 27 patrons who ate at the restaurant, located at 5 Memorial Boulevard in Providence. An investigation completed [...]

The CDC has just released updated data on the Salmonella Enteriditis Egg Outbreak linked to contaminated eggs produced at Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa. The victim count has now risen to 1813 nationwide. Between May 1 and October 15, 2010, 2010, a total of 3,182 illnesses of an identical In July 2010, [...]

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has issued its Final Report on the Salmonella Newport outbreak that sickened 27 patrons who ate at Luxe Burger Bar located at 5 Memorial Boulevard in Providence, RI from May 4 to May 9, 2010.  Below is a summary of the findings in that report. Having reviewed literally [...]

This Friday, I will have the pleasure of distributing millions of dollars to victims – including the parents of several children – of the peanut butter Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that sickened over 714 people in and killed 9 during 2008-2009. The contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste was manufactured by PCA at its peanut processing plants [...]