Litigation

Recent Posts

Tainted Egg Lawsuit Filed By Attorney Fred Pritzker
Posted on 15 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MINNEAPOLIS - PritzkerOlsen, P.A. , the national food safety law firm, has filed suit on behalf of a woman from Mantorville, Minn., who is a confirmed victim of the multi-state Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to shell eggs ( Robin Shaffer, et al... Read More

Tags: Mi Rancho , Minnesota , Food and Drug Administration , food safety , personal injury , product liability , new lawsuit filings , eggs , Wright County Egg , Hillandale Farms , P.A , Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak , Litigation , outbreak , lawsuit , Davi Inc. , salmonella , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , foodborne illness , torts , CDC , PritzkerOlsen

Firm Files First Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Over Salmonella Contaminated Eggs
Posted on 16 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHICAGO - THE LAW GROUP, LTD. filed the first nationwide class action lawsuit against Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms on Sept. 15, a day after lab tests found hundreds of cases of salmonella contamination at the Wright County farm in a nearly two... Read More

Tags: THE LAW GROUP LTD. , Iowa , Food and Drug Administration , Salmonella Enteritidis , personal injury , product liability , Quality Egg , new lawsuit filings , class action , Wright County Egg , FDA , Hillandale Farms , Litigation , contaminated eggs , lawsuit , salmonella , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , torts , CDC

Salmonella Egg Lawsuit Filed By Marler Clark
Posted on 15 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A food poisoning lawsuit was filed Aug. 31 in the enormous egg recall and Salmonella outbreak tied to two Iowa egg farms ( Sarah Lewis v. Quality Egg, Llc , No. 3:10cv3050, N.D. Iowa, Western Div.). The lawsuit was filed against... Read More

Tags: Marler Clark , food safety , Wandro Baer and McCarthy , Quality Egg , new lawsuit filings , eggs , Wright County Egg , Hillandale Farms , Bill Marler , Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak , Litigation , outbreak , lawsuit , salmonella , foodborne illness

Investigators Say Egg Company Knew Of Salmonella
Posted on 15 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Iowa egg farm at the center of a massive salmonella outbreak received hundreds of positive results for salmonella in the two years before its eggs sickened more than 1,500 people, congressional investigators said Tuesday. In... Read More

Tags: bacteria , Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Food and Drug Administration , Salmonella Enteritidis , Henry Waxman , eggs , Agriculture Department , Wright County Egg , FDA , Hillandale Farms , National Veterinary Services Laboratories , House Energy and Commerce Committee , Litigation , outbreak , Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service , lawsuit , salmonella , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , foodborne illness , Bart Stupak

Farms Recalling Eggs Share Suppliers, Other Ties
Posted on 24 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Two Iowa farms that recalled more than a half-billion eggs linked to as many as 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning share suppliers of chickens and feed as well as ties to an Iowa business routinely cited for violating state and... Read More

Tags: bacteria , DeCoster Egg Farms , Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Food and Drug Administration , Alexis Herman , Centers for Disease Control , Quality Egg , eggs , Agriculture Department , Wright County Egg , FDA , Maine Department of Agriculture , Hillandale Farms , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , Robert Reich , Litigation , contaminated eggs , lawsuit , chickens , salmonella , William D. Marler , CDC , Jewanna Porter , Maine Contract Farming

Congress Calls Egg Company Owners To Testify
Posted on 26 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) A House panel is calling the owners of two Iowa companies involved in a massive egg recall to testify before Congress next month. A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing on the recall Sept. 14. Full version... Read More

Tags: Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Food and Drug Administration , eggs , Agriculture Department , Wright County Egg , Hillandale Farms , egg recall , Litigation , contaminated eggs , lawsuit , Orland Bethel , salmonella

Lawyers Say Proving Egg-Related Lawsuits Difficult
Posted on 9 Nov 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

DES MOINES, Iowa - (AP) Thousands of people likely were sickened by salmonella-contaminated eggs from two Iowa companies last summer, but lawyers said far fewer have the proof needed for a successful lawsuit and most cases filed will be settled out of... Read More

Tags: Ryan Osterholm , Iowa , Sarah Lewis , Pamela Sotoodeh , Lola Russell , eggs , tainted eggs , Wright County Egg , Ron Simon , FDA , Hillandale Farms , Bill Marler , egg-related lawsuits , Litigation , recall , lawsuit , salmonella , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , foodborne illness , CDC , PritzkerOlsen , farms

Egg Tycoon Apologizes For Salmonella
Posted on 23 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (UPI) An egg tycoon whose business has been linked to the U.S. salmonella outbreak told a congressional panel Wednesday his family failed to adapt to growth. Austin "Jack" DeCoster, testifying before a House Energy and Commerce... Read More

Tags: House Energy and Commerce , Rep. Michael Burgess , Rep. Edward Markey , Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Food and Drug Administration , food safety , Sen. Tom Coburn , Henry Waxman , eggs , Wright County Egg , Hillandale Farms , Litigation , outbreak , contaminated eggs , lawsuit , salmonella

Salmonella Find Links 2 Iowa Farms To Egg Recall
Posted on 29 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall. Investigators found salmonella in chicken feed at Wright County Egg that was used by that... Read More

Tags: bacteria , Dr. Christopher Braden , Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Dr. Joshua Sharfstein , Food and Drug Administration , eggs , Agriculture Department , Wright County Egg , chicken feed , egg farms , FDA , Hillandale Farms , Obama , egg recall , Litigation , Sherri McGarry , contaminated eggs , lawsuit , Orland Bethel , salmonella , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , foodborne illness , CDC , Central Bi-Products , Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition