Dean Baker of the Vancouver Columbian wrote today: Farm where E. coli found has new plan to operate business
In Seattle, attorney Drew Falkenstein said his firm is in mediation with the farm owners as it pursues legal action on behalf of two families whose members got ill. Falkenstein’s firm, Marler Clark, specializes in food liability lawsuits. It won more than $20 million in settlements following a 1993 E. coli outbreak at Jack in the Box restaurants and a $12 million settlement in 1998 in the Odwalla apple juice outbreak.
Hope not to be put out to pasture soon.