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Finally – someone asking for answers to botulism outbreak and recall questions

By Bill Marler on August 3, 2007
Posted in Case News

I ran across the following, posted on the Lubbock, Texas, News Radio website today.  James Clark wrote the article, Why The Code of Silence On Deadly Botulism?  He brings up some really good points about the information available to the media concerning the recall of Castleberry’s products after they were found to be contaminated…

Castleberry’s should pay botulism victims’ medical bills

By Bill Marler on August 2, 2007
Posted in Case News

SEATTLE, WA (August 2, 2007)—Bill Marler, an attorney who has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, including victims of botulism poisoning, called on Castleberry’s, the company whose chili and dog food products were recalled last month due to contamination with Clostridium botulinum, to pay all botulism outbreak victims’ medical bills…

Texas child released from hospital – sibling remains in critical condition with botulism

By Food Poisoning Lawyer on August 1, 2007
Posted in Case News

One of two Texas kids who were hospitalized with botulism was released from the hospital today.  The Lubbock-area siblings had eaten Castleberry’s Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce Original for lunch on June 28.  The next day, both became ill with symptoms of botulism poisoning.  According to an article in the Houston Chronicle:

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Update: Botulism

By Bill Marler on July 30, 2007
Posted in Case News

This week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a publication put out by the CDC, contains an update on the current investigation into the botulism outbreak that was traced to consumption of Castleberry’s chili products. 

Botulism Associated with Commercially Canned Chili Sauce — Texas and Indiana, July 2007

On July 7 and July 11,

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Bill Marler is an accomplished personal injury and products liability attorney. He began litigating foodborne illness cases in 1993, when he represented Brianne Kiner, the most seriously injured survivor of the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.

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