UK: Families hit by E coli outbreak may bring case against butcher - (The Guardian)
February 13, 2008 – 4:34 pmFamilies of children who became ill during an outbreak of E coli that affected 150 people, mainly children, and claimed the life of one boy could take legal action against the butcher blamed for the crisis, a public inquiry heard yesterday.
William Tudor was jailed over the outbreak, which affected 44 schools and left 31 children needing hospital treatment, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to bring a charge of manslaughter against him or his company.
Opening yesterday’s hearing, James Eadie, senior counsel to the inquiry, said some of the affected families might be considering whether there are viable legal challenges to that decision.
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