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Shigellosis Associated with Subway
The following Subway shigellosis lawsuit information is provided by Pritzker Olsen, a national food safety lawfirm. Attorney Fred Pritzker and his team have recovered millions for food poisoning victims, including a recent settlement for $6,425,000. To learn more about Shigella lawyer Fred Pritzker, please see Food Poisoning Lawyer and Attorney.
Pritzker Olsen Law Firm Files Lawsuit against
Lombard Subway
Pritzker Olsen law firm has filed a lawsuit against the Subway restaurant in Lombard, Illinois, located at 1009 East Roosevelt Road on behalf of a resident of DuPage County who battled a severe Shigella infection after eating at the Subway on February 26, 2010.
Our law firm also represents several other people who contracted Shigella infections (shigellosis) after eating at the Lombard Subway, and we are preparing to file additional lawsuits in the near future.
The DuPage County Health Department determined that the Shigella infections were part of an outbreak of shigellosis associated with eating at Subway. The lawsuit states that Ms. Larsen, who could not eat food for several days and missed nearly two weeks of work, is one of more than 50 people sickened in the Lombard Subway Shigella outbreak.
According to health officials, food handlers at the Lombard Subway also tested positive for Shigella. The lawsuit alleges that Subway food handlers with shigellosis contaminated food with Shigella. Our experience as Shigella lawyers is that most shigellosis outbreaks associated with restaurants are caused by an infected food handler. If a food handler infected with Shigella does not wash his or her hands adequately, contaminated human waste can get on food served to patrons, which will then make the patrons who consume the food sick.
Contact our law firm for information about restaurant liability for shigellosis outbreaks.
"Our client has suffered and will continue to suffer great pain due to an elementary collapse of food safety measures,'' said Attorney Fred Pritzker, "It's sad that so many people were seriously sickened by a disgusting and preventable adulteration of food.''
DuPage County Associates Outbreak of Shigellosis with
Subway Restaurant in Lomard, Illinois
In early March, 2010, the DuPage County Illinois Health Department began investigating reports of gastroenteritis in and around Lombard, Illinois. The investigation determined that the illnesses were shigellosis, an infection caused by Shigella.
The DuPage County Health Department investigation determined that the infections were associated with eating at the Subway located at 1009 East Roosevelt Road, Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois. Officials at the DuPage County Health Department closed the Subway restaurant on March 4, 2010.
Testing and epidemiological investigation showed that over fifty (50) people contracted shigellosis as part of the outbreak, including the plaintiff. Food handlers at the Subway restaurant also tested positive for Shigella.
Most people who are infected with Shigella develop gastrointestinal illness, including diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and/or stomach cramps one to two days after being exposed to the bacterium. The diarrhea is often bloody. Shigellosis usually resolves in five to seven days. In some persons, especially young children and the elderly, the diarrhea can be so severe the patient needs to be hospitalized. Shigellosis can also develop into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a life-threatening illness that is usually associated with E. coli O157:H7. Complications of HUS include the following:
- Hemolytic anemia and associated blood complications
- Abnormal kidney function
- Kidney failure (renal failure) that may require a kidney transplant (renal transplant) - illness accompanying kidney failure is called uremia (develops when urea and other waste products are retained in the blood)
- Gall stones - probably caused by rapid hemolysis, breaking open of red blood cells and the release of hemoglobin
- Elevated pancreatic enzyme levels that could lead to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and or pancreatitis
- Central Nervous System (CNS) disturbances such as irritablilty, behavior changes, disorientation, delerium, hallucinations, dizziness and tremors
- Seizures
- Coma
- Stroke
- Encephalopathy
- Respiratory disease syndrome
- Convulsions
- Heart problems, including myocardial infarction, cardio myopathy, cardiogenic shock, congestive heart failure
- Cortical blindness, caused by damage to the visual area in the brain's occipital cortex
- Thrombocytopenia (platelet deficiency in the blood)
- Death
Persons who exhibit any of the symptoms of shigellosis are advised to contact their physician to arrange for appropriate testing and treatment, as indicated. Before using antidiarrheal agents such as loperamide (Imodium®) or diphenoxylate with atropine (Lomotil®), contact your physician, since antidiarrheal agents can prolong illness in persons with shigellosis, and should be avoided.
If you or a family member has eaten at the Subway restaurant located at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road in Lombard between Feb. 24 and March 1 and developed diarrheal illness within 12 hours to four days after eating, we urge you to consult with your physician and call and report the illness to the DuPage County Health Department at (630) 682-7400.
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Non-O157 E. coli (Non-O157 STEC)
Non-O157 E. coli can cause serious injury and death, and yet ground beef contaminated with these strains of E. coli are not considered adulterated under federal law. The six most common strains of non-O157 E. coli include E. coli O26, E. coli O45, E. coli O103, E. coli O111, E. coli O121 and E. coli O145.
Steak E. coli Outbreak
Our E. coli lawyers are investigating cases of E. coli O157 that have been linked to steak served at restaurants in California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Washington.
Fairbank Farms Beef Recall Lawsuit
Fairbank Farms ground beef products have been associated with E. coli cases in California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
Petting Zoo Llama E. coli HUS
Our law firm has been retained to represent a 3-year-old child who contracted an E. coli infection after visiting an apple orchard/petting zoo in Minnesota. The child developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
E. coli Wrongful Death Settlement
We have recently settled a number of E. coli cases involving victims of various E. coli outbreaks, including a wrongful death claim.
Recent Foodborne Outbreaks
- Taco John's Lawsuit: Taco Johns food poisoning lawsuit information.
- Taco Bell Lawsuit: Information about a Taco Bell food poisoning lawsuit.
- Chipotle Lawsuit: Update on Chipotle food poisoning case and Chipotle lawsuit FAQ.
- Subway Salmonellosis Lawsuit: 34 people were sickened, and 14 of those were hospitalized, all in Illinios.
- Hartmann Dairy E coli Lawsuit Lawyer - 5 people, 4 of them children, contracted E. coli, and one of those developed HUS.
- Freshway Foods lettuce lawsuit - We are representing one of the people who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome.
- Pasture Maid Creamery Campylobacter: Our lawyers are representing a man who was paralyzed with Guillain-Barre syndrome.
- Peppa's E. coli Lawsuit - An E. coli outbreak in Hawaii associated with the restaurant.
- Daniele Salami Lawsuit: Daniele salami (salame) has been linked to a Salmonella Montevideo outbreak.
- Steak E. coli Outbreak: Over 20 people were sickened by blade-tenderized, non-intact steak.
- Fairbank Farms Lawsuit: A multistate E. coli outbreak has been linked to Fairbank Farms hamburger.
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