OHIO: Federal suit filed over tainted food - (Sandusky Register Online)
February 21, 2008 – 6:56 pmhttp://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/02/21/front/615235.txt
Carl Ours Jr. won’t be eating Castleberry Food Co.’s chili again and is planning to file a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday or today.
The civil lawsuit claims he developed botulism after eating some of the company’s chili sauce in late June 2007.
Shortly after digging into a can of the chili on a camping trip, the 39-year-old man said he started having trouble chewing and swallowing food, and his muscles weakened.
The symptoms grew worse, and he was flown by helicopter to Cleveland Clinic, where he was diagnosed with the potentially fatal illness, a draft of the lawsuit states.
Attorney Dave Babcock with Marler Clark was cited as saying many of the cases involve people who do home canning and it’s extremely rare to hear of a case resulting from consumption of a commercial product.
Ours is being represented by Marler Clark and Murray & Murray of Sandusky.
In July 2007, the U.S. Food and […]
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