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Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

If my child develops HUS, should I make a claim against those responsible for the
E. coli O157:H7 poisoning that triggered it?

The following article was written by Fred Pritzker, lead attorney for our E. coli cases. To contact Fred for a free consultation, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form.

Few people who suffer serious injury are “sue happy.” Any sane person would gladly give up the right to collect money damages in return for his/her health. But when that is not possible, especially in catastrophic loss cases such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), it is important to think about issues like:

  • “Who will pay for the medical bills (or even the co-pays if insurance is involved) now and in the future?”
  • “Who will care for my child while I’m away at work or, worse, after I’m gone?”
  • “What if my child has permanent injuries and life-long complications?”

It’s also important to understand that in order to successfully make a claim, one has to identify the source of the E. coli O157:H7 that resulted in HUS, determine how and when the food product became contaminated and prove by the greater weight of the evidence that the resulting harms and losses were the direct result of the illness.

This is often a very complicated process. In fact, in the majority of HUS cases, the source of the contamination is never identified (and therefore a claim is not possible).

Whether you ultimately decide to make a claim or not, you can speak with me or another E. coli attorney at my law firm to better understand your rights and the issues involved and then decide whether it’s right for you and your family to make a claim (or whether it’s even possible to do so).

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