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 [...]