Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Listeriosis Stillbirth
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The following listeriosis stillbirth information is provided by Pritzker Olsen. Our law firm represents Listeria victims nationwide and has recovered millions for our clients. We recently recovered over $3 million dollars for a family who lost twin babies due to listeriosis. To contact a Listeria lawyer at our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our online form for a free consultation. We are not paid unless you win.

Listeriosis Food Poisoning and Stillbirth

BacteriaListeriosis is a type of food poisoning caused by Listeriosis monocytogenes, bacteria that can contaminate food during or after processing. Pregnant women are at the greatest risk of contracting listeriosis, and when they do, the Listeria bacteria can infect the unborn baby through the placenta.

Listeriosis stillbirth cases usually involve sepsis and/or meningitis:

  • Listeriosis and Sepsis. Sepsis (septicemia) is sometimes referred to as blood poisoning.  It is a potentially-fatal condition in which your immune system's reaction to an infection in the blood can lead to multiple-organ failure.  Listeria sepsis happens when Listeria (L. monocytogenes) bacteria infects the blood and causes an infection of the blood.
  • Listeriosis and Meningitis. Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord, and the related fluids. Listeria meningitis presents itself differently than other types of bacterial meningitis. Listeria can directly invade the cerebral cortex, posing additional complications, including hydrocephalus (a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid is accumulated in the brain) and cervical cord compression.

Listeriosis Stillbirth Lawsuit

If your baby's stillbirth was due to listeriosis, you may have a claim for money damages against a food manufacturer, restaurant, or other party. Common food sources of Listeria are deli meats, hot dogs, kid’s refrigerated meals, smoked salmon and soft cheese. But Listeria has been found in frozen waffles, alfalfa sprouts, potato products, and a variety of other food products.

For a listeriosis victim to get money damages, a food manufacturer, distributor, restautant or other party has to be found liable. For this to happen, your lawyer will have to prove that a specific food item caused the listeriosis. This is called "causation," and it can be difficult to prove.

In a recent listeriosis lawsuit, Fred Pritzker and his team had to solve a difficult issue of causation. Two food manufacturers had sold products with genetically similar Listeria bacteria. In the resulting listeriosis outbreak, several people became seriously ill and about a fourth of them died. Because the incubation period for Listeria is so long (11-70 days) and people don’t usually think about what specific product they are buying, the people who were sickened did not know which specific product had made them sick. Listeria lawyer Fred Pritzker and his team of lawyers at Pritzker Olsen law firm developed an argument for alternative liability. With alternative liability, both manufacturers could be held responsible for the harm done to the victims of the Listeria outbreak.

Once liability is established, the listeriosis victim (or the family if there is a death) has a right to compensation. The amount of compensation depends on a number of factors and generally includes amounts for the following:

  • Medical expenses
  • Cost of care
  • Lost income
  • Pain and suffering (which includes amounts for disability, physical pain suffered, emotional distress and loss of quality of life)
  • In the event of death, funeral expenses, loss of care and companionship, and other damages

To contact Pritzker Olsen attorneys about a listeriosis-related stillbirth, please call 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or submit our online form for a free consultation.

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