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Freshway Foods Lettuce E coli Outbreak

The following information on the Freshway Foods lettuce E coli outbreak is provided by Pritzker Olsen attorneys, who have appeared on CBS News, Fox News and numerous local stations discussing food poisoning litigation and food safety. To contact Pritzker Olsen law firm, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit the firm's free case consultation form.

Freshway Foods Lettuce Lawsuit Update:

Food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen has been retained by a  freshman at Daemen College who is suffering from E. coli HUS tied to the Freshway Foods E. coli O145 lettuce outbreak. 

The student is one of at least 12 individuals hospitalized  in a romaine lettuce outbreak that has sickened at least 23 individuals in Ohio, Michigan, New York and now Tennessee. She also is one of three who have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a life-threatening disease that can cause kidney failure, central nervous system damage, bleeding in the brain, pancreatitis and other serious medical conditions.

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Freshway Foods Lettuce E. coli O145 Outbreak Information

Using microbiological and epidemiological evidence, the CDC, FDA and state and local health departments have determined that Romaine lettuce supplied by Freshway Foods, a Sidney, Ohio firm, is the source of the E. coli 0145 outbreak that has sickened over 50 people in Michigan, Ohio, New York and Tennessee, including students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Ohio State University in Columbus, Daemen College in Amherst, New York, and middle school and high school students in Wappinger Falls, New York. Three people sickened in this outbreak have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Our law firm is representing one. The other two are students in Wappinger Falls--a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old.

Among the confirmed and probable cases with reported dates available, illnesses began between April 10, 2010 and April 26, 2010. Infected individuals range in age from 13 years old to 29 years old and the median age is 19 years. Sixty-nine percent of patients are male. Among the 29 patients with available information, 12 (41%) were hospitalized. Three patients have developed a type of kidney failure known as hemolytic-uremic syndrome, or HUS. No deaths have been reported.

The outbreak can be visually described with an epidemic curve or epi curve showing the number of persons who became ill each day.

Freshway Foods E coli

In lettuce E. coli outbreak cases, we look at the food service company that ran the cafeteria, any restaurants involved, the supplier of the lettuce and the grower to obtain compensation for our clients. In this case, university campuses and restaurants are involved. This means that potentially liable parties include:

  • Freshway Foods
  • Food service companies providing services at the Univerisity of Michigan, Ohio State University and Daemen College
  • Restaurants that served Romaine lettuce supplied by Freshway Foods
  • The grower of the Romaine lettuce

E. coli infection can develop into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and/or thrombotic thrombocytopenic pupura (TTP).  These illnesses are closely related and involve destruction of red blood cells (HUS) and platelets (TTP).

Our law firm represents HUS and TTP victims and their families.  We have won millions for E. coli victims.

Some of the serious complications of HUS and TTP include the following:

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