US: First E. coli lawsuit filed in Kroger tainted ground beef recall - (Marler Blog)
June 29, 2008 – 10:35 pmWe will file the first E. coli lawsuit in the Ohio and Michigan E. coli outbreak Monday in the Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Ohio against Kroger and its as yet unidentified meat supplier (John Doe). The complaint was filed on behalf of a New Albany resident who was infected with the toxic E. coli strain O157:H7 after eating ground beef purchased from a Dublin, Ohio Kroger.
The lawsuit states that the plaintiff purchased beef patties from the Kroger at 7100 Perimeter Loop Road in Dublin on June 4. She cooked and consumed the beef that same day. She began feeling ill on June 8, and over the next two days her symptoms became increasingly severe. By June 10, she was experiencing intense nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. She was admitted to the hospital, where she tested positive for E. coli O157:H7. She was released on June 12, […]
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