Personal Injury Law

Marler Clark Settles Last of Dole Spinach E. coli Cases

By Bill Marler, Esq.

Five days without a blog post.  My friends were worried that I had been either ground into hamburger or appointed Food Czar by McCain in a last ditch effort to corral the maverick vote.  Well, the truth is that I was finalizing the settlement of the last of the seventy-six E. coli O157:H7 cases we had (including three deaths and twenty-two HUS cases) stemming from the September 2006 Dole E. coli spinach cases.

Although no amount of money can ever take away the suffering and pain caused by a food borne illness outbreak, I hope that my clients can find some piece of mind knowing that by standing up for their rights, they are helping prevent the next outbreak.  All settlements were confidential.

Although the litigation was hard fought, I must compliment the attorneys and insurance carriers for Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organics for their professionalism in the practice of law and their caring for the welfare of their clients' customers.  Special mention to Natural Selection Foods for its leadership role in preventing leafy green bacterial outbreaks.  All companies should strive for its standards.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).