CNN will re-run its Special Investigation on our food supply this weekend. The focus is on the E. coli outbreak tied to spinach, but is also a stern warning about the safety, or lack thereof, of our food supply.
June 2007
Hackensack New Jersey First Grader Dies From E. coli
Jay Dow from CBS Channel 2 reported the tragedy of a young student’s death.
What’s unclear, however, is how the boy contracted the bacteria. State health officials say the Jackson Avenue School nurse sent the boy home sick on June 13, but he did not have diarrhea or a fever. That’s important because health officials
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Federal E. coli investigation closed against Dole, Natural Selections and Mission Organics
The Associated Press and the Salinas Californian reported that the US Attorney’s Office has closed its investigation into last year’s E.coli outbreak linked to fresh spinach from the Salinas Valley, the Associated Press has reported. The investigation included searches at Growers Express in Salinas, and Natural Selection Foods in San Juan Bautista, California, as well…
Scary news travels fast
I spoke with Jeff Elder of the Charlotte Observer yesterday afternoon during a break in mediation in Minnesota of nearly 20 E. coli-related illnesses:
The scary goat-slaughter E. coli story is getting attention from national experts. “This is the most bizarre case I’ve seen in 15 years of doing food-poisoning cases,” Bill Marler, a Seattle
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Slaughtered Goats and Slaves in North Carolina Captain’s Galley Restaurant?
According to Channel 9, employees of the China Grove restaurant that was shut down because of an E. coli outbreak are speaking out, saying that the conditions at the Captain’s Galley seafood restaurant were deplorable. According to one employee, he was treated less like an employee, and more like a slave.
“They’re not taking care
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Goat Slaughtered in China Grove Captain’s Galley Possible Source of E. coli
Sharif Durhams and Adam Bell broke the following story this morning:
Restaurant linked to E. coli shut down
Health officials closed a China Grove restaurant linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak today after learning some employees slaughtered a goat there last month. At a news conference this afternoon, Rowan County Health Director Leonard Wood…
Cattle Feces and Hamburger do not mix
Let me first say that the meat industry had been doing something right. E. coli illnesses and outbreaks were down, and down substantially, from 2003 to a few weeks ago. From Jack in the Box outbreak of 1993 through the Summer of the ConAgra outbreak of in 2002, most of the work we did at…
Marler named “Super Lawyer”
William Marler is the managing partner of Marler Clark. He began representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks in 1993, when he represented Brianne Kiner in her $15.6 million E. coli settlement with Jack in the Box. In 1998, Mr. Marler joined his current law partners in a practice dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness.…
Again, why I love my job.
Mr. William Marler
Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S.
6600 Bank of America Tower
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Dear Bill,
As we approach the conclusion of my mother’s (Ruby LaFon Trautz) case, I wanted to thank everyone there for your work on behalf of my family. Though this letter is addressed to you, it is…
Faye Sides dies of E. coli after eating at Captain’s Galley
According to the Associated Press:
A woman infected with E. coli has died in a Rowan County hospital. Rowan Regional Medical Center officials say 86-year-old Faye Sides died yesterday of multiple organ failure related to the infection. Sides was 1 of 20 people who ate at a restaurant in China Grove and became ill about
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