Simon & Luke Prosecuting Peanut Butter Salmonella Claims We continue to be contacted by individuals and families who contracted salmonella poisoning after consuming Austin and Keebler brand peanut butter crackers in 2008-2009.  To keep you informed, we thought we would provide another update on the status of the peanut butter outbreak and litigation below.  To read our prior articles on [...]

The food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke have settled 16 more claims on behalf of victims of the national Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to contaminated peanut butter in Austin and Keebler crackers.  The crackers were manufactured by Kellogg Company, using contaminated peanut butter paste from now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America. The salmonella settlements included claims on [...]

The food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke have settled 12 more claims on behalf of victims of the national Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to contaminated peanut butter in Austin and Keebler crackers.  The crackers were manufactured by Kellogg Company, using contaminated peanut butter paste from now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America. The salmonella settlements included claims on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Press Release – Virginia Court Approves $12,000,000 Settlement of Salmonella Peanut Butter claims Virginia Federal Judge Norman Moon today approved the settlement and distribution of $12,000,000 to 122 victims of a nationwide salmonella peanut butter outbreak.  Each of the victims had contracted salmonella poisoning in 2008-2009 after consuming products containing peanut paste manufactured by Peanut [...]

A federal magistrate judge has recommended approval of a proposed $12,000,000 settlement for those who were sickened or killed in a massive Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to tainted peanut butter and peanut butter products manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America and Kellogg Company. This morning, I gave a long interview with Associated Press super-reporter Michael [...]

After a long day of mediation in Chicago Tuesday with lawyers and representatives for Kellogg Company, and its insurance carrier – ACE Insurance Company, I am pleased to report that this morning we reached confidential settlements on 12 salmonella claims. All of the claims settled were those of minor children who consumed Austin or Keebler brand peanut butter [...]

Tonight I am in Chicago, preparing to meet with lawyers and representatives for Kellogg Company, and its insurance carrier – ACE Insurance Company.   We are currently negotiating 37 salmonella cases, and we have a full day session with a mediator tomorrow to see if we can get them settled. All of my clients consumed Austin [...]

On August 18, 2010, a Federal magistrate in Western Virginia will hear motions to approve the distribution of $12,000,000 among 122 salmonella claimants as part of a global settlement with Peanut Corporation of America (“PCA”).  PCA manufactured peanut butter and peanut paste that poisoned over 714 people and killed nine in a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak [...]