The Charlotte Observer in an article this week said cases of E. coli infection have tripled since last week to 112 as N.C. health officials narrowed their search for the source of bacteria to last month’s State Fair.
State epidemiologist Dr. Jeffrey Engel told the media that they’re investigating all areas where people have contact
There’s nothing more American than the county fair. From Washington and California to New York and Texas, countless millions of people are visiting their local fairs to ride the rides, feast on cotton candy and hot dogs, and to visit those cute farm animals.
Unfortunately, some of the visitors to fairs will get very sick.
Two dozen families plan to file a lawsuit today against Lane County and the Lane County Fair Board, seeking damages for illnesses caused by the biggest outbreak of E. coli bacteria in state history at last year’s county fair. All these folks became ill with a very deadly pathogen through no fault of their own.
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit today against the Lane County Fair Board on behalf of 29 individuals and families of individuals who were infected with E. coli O157:H7 during an outbreak at the Lane County Fair last summer.
A number of fairs and petting zoos have been implicated in E. coli outbreaks in recent
Two dozen people sickened by the biggest E. coli outbreak in state history filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Lane County Fair Board, claiming the board didn’t do enough to protect fairgoers given similar outbreaks in other states.
Eighty-two people became sick at the fair — nearly two-thirds of them younger than age 6. Twelve
