The salmonella lawyers at Simon & Luke continue to prosecute cases from the West Coast outbreak of rare Salmonella Rissen which sickened citizens in 5 states.  The current illness count has now risen to 90, and is distributed as follows:  California (68), Nevada (10), Oregon (8), Washington (3), and Idaho (1).   Illness onsets range from [...]

Health officials have confirmed that the recent West Coast outbreak of rare Salmonella Rissen has now expanded to 5 states.  The current illness count has also risen to 79, and is distributed as follows:  California (63), Nevada (10), Oregon (4), Washington (1), and Idaho (1).   Illness onsets range from December 9, 2008 to April 29, 2009. [...]

The recent Salmonella Rissen outbreak due to recalled Uncle Chen’s and Lian How spices that sickened over 60 people in Washington, California, Oregon, and Nevada has caused several of our clients to ask:  “How rare is Salmonella Rissen?  To fully answer that question, some background is needed. Every year, over 40,000 people culture positive for one of [...]

We have received numerous calls about the Salmonella Rissen spice lawsuit we filed yesterday in Los Angeles – the first in the United States.  News of that lawsuit was released by the Associated Press, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and numerous other TV and media outlets.    I was interviewed today by a very nice reporter named Linh Tat of the [...]

PRESS RELEASE – May 5, 2009 – The Houston-based law firm of Simon & Luke has filed the first lawsuit in the country stemming from a multi-state salmonella outbreak related to Lian How and Uncle Chen’s spices manufactured by Union International Food Company of Union City, California.  The spices contained Salmonella Rissen – a very [...]