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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

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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

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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

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