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 [...]

Simon & Luke files First Papaya Lawsuit The national food safety law firm of Simon & Luke today filed the first salmonella lawsuit stemming from a national outbreak of Salmonella Agona linked to contaminated papayas produced by McAllen, Texas-based Agromod Produce, Inc. The lawsuit was filed in Hidalgo County, Texas on behalf of a 72-year [...]

Del Monte Cantaloupes Sicken 12 People in 4 States The CDC has now stepped in to assist in the investigation of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Panama infections linked to consumption of Del Monte cantaloupes produced in Guatemala. So far, 12 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Panama have been reported from Oregon (5 [...]

Del Monte Recalls Cantaloupes from Guatemala Major U.S. food producer Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. of Coral Gables, Florida has announced a recall of nearly 5,000 cartons of cantaloupes which may be contaminated with Salmonella Panama.  Each carton contains 4 plastic mesh sleeves with 3 cantaloupes per sleeve. The cantaloupes were available for sale [...]

Simon & Luke Files first Salmonella Claims Against Luxe Burger Bar Following an outbreak of Salmonella Newport among patrons who ate at Luxe Burger Bar in Providence, Rhode Island from May 4 to May 9, 2010, food safety attorney Ron Simon of Simon & Luke was the first to file claims on behalf of injured [...]

Reno, Nevada Firkin & Wolf Restaurant linked to Salmonella Egg Outbreak On July 23, 2010, the staff of the Communicable Disease Program (CDP) of the Washoe County Health Department began investigating a local salmonella outbreak.  The CDP identified four cases of Salmonella Enteritidis withpositive results dated between July 19-22, 2010.  After a thorough investigation, utilizing intensive questionnaires, the [...]

The food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke have settled another salmonella claim against Daniele International from the national Salmonella Montevideo outbreak linked to Daniele’s contaminated pepper-coated salami products. The claim was brought on behalf of a seven year old California child who had consumed the contaminated salami in January 2010.  The child was hospitalized [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]