Personal Injury Law

Salmonella Typhimurium Peanut Products Update - 683 sickened in 46 States - 23% Hospitalized and 9 Deaths - With Movie

Posted on March 10, 2009
CDC now reports 683 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 46 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (13), Arkansas (6), California (76), Colorado (17), Connecticut (11), Florida (1), Georgia (6), Hawaii (6), Idaho (17), Illinois (11), Indiana (10), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (1), Maine (5), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (48), Michigan (38), Minnesota (42), Missouri (15), Mississippi (7), Montana (2), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (13), New Jersey (23), New York (34), Nevada (6), North Carolina (6), North Dakota (17), Ohio (99), Oklahoma (4), Oregon (13), Pennsylvania (19), Rhode Island (5), South Dakota (4), Tennessee (14), Texas (10), Utah (6), Vermont (4), Virginia (21), Washington (23), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (5), and Wyoming (2)...

Marler Blog - New look, well, new color - Same stimulating commentary

Posted on March 10, 2009

Denis Stearns - Guest Blogger - The Dissenting Justices in Wyeth v. Levine on the FDA-Approval of Drugs: "Is it Safe?"

Posted on March 10, 2009
In reading Justice Alito's dissent in Wyeth v. Levine, the recent Supreme Court opinion holding that FDA-approval does not provide a complete defense to state law failure-to-warn claim, I was reminded of the horrifying torture scene in the 1976 thriller, Marathon Man...

Marler - Peanut Butter Quote of the Day

Posted on March 10, 2009
Manufacturers, such as Kellogg, can also be held accountable under the law, Marler said. "One thing that's great about the American justice system is that it's a great way of focusing a company's attention on the problem it created," Marler said...

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Salmonella Sprouts Sicken Fifty in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and South Dakota Linked to SunSprout Enterprises, Inc, of Omaha

Posted on March 09, 2009
About 50 cases from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and South Dakota have been linked to the outbreak, according to a recent press release from the South Dakota Department of Health.  Nebraska has identified 15 ill.  South Dakota has identified five cases from five of its southeastern counties and that more cases were pending...

Private Third-Party Audits of Government Audits - Choose Your Poison

Posted on March 08, 2009
When it comes to inspecting the thousands of food manufacturing facilities in our increasingly complex and intertwined food supply, some argue that we need more actual governmental audits while others argue that private, third-party audits are the way to go...

Where to find Salmonella-Free Peanut Butter?

Posted on March 08, 2009
Well, according to my friends in Louisiana, it is at your local Target.

Private Third-Party Audits or Government Audits - Choose Your Poison

Posted on March 08, 2009
When it comes to inspecting the thousands of food manufacturing facilities in our increasingly complex and intertwined food supply, some argue that we need more actual governmental audits while others argue that private, third-party audits are the way to go...

March is National Peanut Month - Really?

Posted on March 07, 2009
Someone emailed me the link to www.peanutbutterlovers.com (website for everything) and a note that March is National Peanut Month – 'a time to celebrate one of America's favorite foods.' According to the site, 'National Peanut Month had its beginnings as National Peanut Week in 1941...

2005 "Best Restaurant in the World" Poisons 400

Posted on March 07, 2009
Some 400 people have fallen ill after eating at world-renowned restaurant The Fat Duck, which was temporarily closed last month due to a food poisoning scare, officials said on Friday.  The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the number of cases reported at top chef Heston Blumenthal's eatery had grown after media coverage of the outbreak...

Unpasteurized Raw Cheese Contaminated with Listeria Suspected in Baby Deaths in Washington

Posted on March 07, 2009
According to the Spokane Newspaper, Washington State health investigators are still attempting to solve several cases of food-borne infections that have caused several pregnant women to lose their babies since January. They suspect the women in Yakima, Klickitat and King counties ate unpasteurized cheese that was contaminated with listeria bacteria...

This Week's Screen Saver

Posted on March 06, 2009

China's new food safety law must provide courts with real enforcement authority

Posted on March 06, 2009

Peanut Corporation of America is Worth a Negative $400,000.

Posted on March 06, 2009
According to Bankruptcy filings, Peanut Corporation of America has nearly $11.4 million in assets and debts of $4.8 million.  The only real estate listed in the documents was the company's plant in Blakely, Georgia.  It was valued at $2 million, with a $1 million lien...

Marler Op-ed - Peanut Recall: Many Unhappy Returns - $1 Billion in Losses

Posted on March 04, 2009

Salmonella Outbreak in Nebraska Source Identified - CW Sprouts from Omaha

Posted on March 03, 2009

Welcome to the Nut House" Might Become "Welcome to the Big House"

Posted on March 02, 2009

International Food Safety Travel for May 2009

Posted on March 01, 2009

Mediations to Occur in Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Cases Linked to 2007 E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak

Posted on March 01, 2009

China Enacts Food-Safety Laws - Is the US Next?

Posted on March 01, 2009

Salmonella Peanut poisoning lawsuit blames Kellogg

Posted on February 28, 2009

The Hartford Insurance Company Coughs Up Peanut Corporation of America Policies for 2008-2009

Posted on February 28, 2009

Governor Sebelius to Lead Health and Human Services (HHS) - What Will She Do With Food Safety? Marler's Top Ten Ideas for Leadership at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)

Posted on February 28, 2009

"Marlerblog" Awarded Best Law Blog

Posted on February 28, 2009

FDA's Peanut Product Recall List Hits 2,750 and FDA Prepares a "Simplified" Distribution Chart

Posted on February 28, 2009

Governor Sebelius to Lead Health and Human Services (HHS) - What Will She Do With Food Safety?

Posted on February 28, 2009
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius accepted President Obama's request to become his secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Governor Sebelius will inherit a department of 65,000 employees responsible for public health, food safety, scientific research, and the administration of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which serve 90 million Americans...

Another View: Ways to make industry safer

Posted on February 27, 2009

21 kids contract E. coli at Chicago area Day Care

Posted on February 26, 2009
According to the Southtown Star Daily, twenty-one children and one adult have contracted E. coli at a Lemont day care in an outbreak that began earlier this month. The Cook County Health Department has mandated all children and adults at the KinderCare Learning Center, 12404 Archer Ave...

Washington Law and Politics - "Food Fight" - Marler Profile

Posted on February 26, 2009

666 now sickened with Salmonella Typhimurium Tainted Peannut Butter in 45 States - Texas finds Salmonella in Plant

Posted on February 25, 2009
Finally got wireless access at the GMA Food Claims and Litigation Conference. Peanut Update - Texas health officials confirmed this morning that Salmonella Typhimurium has been found in peanut meal at a Texas plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)...

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