Personal Injury Law

Chicago Woman Sues Over Tainted Peanut Butter

The Chicago Tribune and Associated Press are reporting that a Chicago woman sued ConAgra Foods, Inc. after she and her family became violently ill after eating Peter Pan peanut butter that was tainted with salmonella.

The lawsuit was filed by Chicago lawyers Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C. in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday. At least three similar lawsuits nationwide have been filed against the company.

Federal officials have linked the peanut butter to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 300 people nationwide since August. At least five people in Illinois have tested positive for the same form of salmonella.

Salmonella sickens about 40,000 people a year in the U.S. and kills about 600. It can cause diarrhea, fever, dehydration, abdominal pain and vomiting.

Full post as published by Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog on February 21, 2007 (boomark / email).