Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

New Mexico Listeria Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupe:
Lawyer for Lawsuit against Grower

Cantaloupe ListeriaOur attorneys are investigating a Listeria outbreak linked to Jensen Farms Rocky Ford cantaloupe that has killed six people in New Mexico and sickened at least nine others. Our attorneys have won millions for Listeria victims and their families, including $2,700,000 for a family in a wrongful death case.

You may have the right to sue Jensen Farms, Frontera (distributor), and a retailer or restaurant. The New Mexico Environmental Health Bureau has identified two macro-distributors of Jensen Farms cantaloupe in New Mexico: Basila Produce in Albuquerque & Wal-Mart Distribution in Los Lunas. State inspectors have found the cantaloupe named in this recall in several Wal-Marts and Whole Foods.

Evidence against Jensen Farms

Epidemiological Evidence: Among the 103 ill persons with available information on what they ate, 97 (94%) reported consuming cantaloupes in the month before illness onset. Several ill persons remembered the type of cantaloupe they had eaten and said they were Rocky Ford cantaloupes, which are grown in the Rocky Ford region of southeastern Colorado. Source tracing of the cantaloupes that ill persons ate indicated that they came from Jensen Farms fields in Granada, CO, and were marketed as being from the Rocky Ford region.

Microbiological Evidence: Laboratory testing by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment identified Listeria monocytogenes bacteria on cantaloupes collected from grocery stores and from ill persons’ homes. Product traceback information from Colorado state officials indicated that these cantaloupes also came from Jensen Farms. Laboratory testing by FDA has identified L. monocytogenes outbreak strains in samples from equipment and cantaloupe at the Jensen Farms’ packing facility in Granada, Colorado.

What is Listeriosis?

Listeriosis is the infection caused by consuming food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The disease affects primarily persons of advanced age, pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems. However, persons without these risk factors can also rarely be affected.

Complications of listeriosis include the following:

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