Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Minnesota Salmonella Wrongful Death
Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak


Lawsuit Process Started against King Nut Companies and Peanut Corporation of America
A 72-year-old Minnesota woman was the first reported death in the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to King Nut peanut butter (see below).

Fred Pritzker has been interviewed by WCCO-TV and KSTP-TV regarding this outbreak and the resulting lawsuit. "Most importantly, this lawsuit is for food safety. This is very much about making products safer," attorney Fred Pritzker told WCCO.

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Salmonella Bacteria on ProduceOur Minnesota law firm has recently recovered significant settlements for families of people who died in outbreaks. We have a national reputation in the area of food poisoning litigation, and lawyers in the firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications.  Our lawyers have been named "Super Lawyers" by Minnesota Law & Politics. Read our press release, "Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions."

Minnesota wrongful death and King Nut Peanut Butter lawsuit information:

Fatal Salmonella Typhimurium Infection
Minnesota Wrongful Death

Peanut ButterAlmost 500 people in 43 states have been infected with the same strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. At least 35 people in Minnesota have been sickened, including two people who died. Our law firm is representing one of those people.

Minnesota and federal health officials have genetically linked King Nut Peanut Butter with this outbreak.

King Nut Companies issued a King Nut Peanut Butter recall.

Salmonella Wrongful Death Lawsuit Information

When someone dies from a Salmonella infection, Minnesota law allows the heirs and next of kin of the decedent a claim for money damages. This is called a "wrongful death claim."

Under the Minnesota Statutes, section 573, compensation for a wrongful death claim may include the following:

  • Funeral expenses
  • Medical expenses
  • Potential earnings
  • Loss of advice, comfort, assistance, protection, counsel and society
  • Punitive damages upon clear and convincing evidence that the acts of the defendant show deliberate disregard for the rights or safety of others.

 


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