October 18, 2019
A fourth death has been linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair held September 6-15, 2019 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher. Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia, is transmitted…
October 18, 2019
The epidemic of truck drivers injuring and killing people after smashing into the back of stopped cars continued late Thursday night in Rosemount Minnesota. A Green 1991 Volvo Dump Truck, driven by Fred Tamu Fonji of Roseville, MN crashed into…
October 18, 2019
The North Carolina Department of Health announced yesterday that one of the patients sickened by Legionnaires’ disease in the current outbreak associated with the WNC Agricultural Center did not attend the Mountain State Fair event. That event, which had multiple…
October 17, 2019
A Salmonella outbreak at Al Basha restaurant in Seattle has sickened three people, according to the King County Health Department. The illnesses occurred among patrons who dined in separate groups at the restaurant between September 15 and September 23, 2019.…
October 17, 2019
Legionnaires’ disease lawyers at the national law firm Pritzker Hageman along with local counsel Ralph W. Meekins today filed the first lawsuit in connection with an outbreak at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair held September 6-15 at the Western…
October 17, 2019
Burgers, gyros and kufta kabobs produced by Ryding-Regency Meat Packers, Ltd. in Ontario, Canada and sold at retail stores in the U.S. are being recalled for potential contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The products were sold under multiple brand names…
October 16, 2019
A Salmonella outbreak at Moby Dick House of Kabob locations in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland has sickened 23 people, according to health officials. That’s more than double the number of cases initially reported at the end of September. Contact…
October 14, 2019
A third death has been linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair held September 6-15, 2019 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher. A total of 140 illnesses have been reported among…
October 11, 2019
An outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to fresh basil imported from Mexico has ended after sickening 241 people from 11 states, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Six people were hospitalized. Contact a Cyclospora lawyer Cyclospora is a…
October 11, 2019
According to the NHTSA, more than 700 bicyclists died in motor vehicle accidents in 2017. Our bicycle accident legal team, led by attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman, represents injured bicyclists and families who suffered the wrongful death of a…
October 10, 2019
A second person who contracted Legionnaires’ disease after attending the NC Mountain State Fair has died. As of October 8, 2019, 132 people are part of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak associated with attendance at the fair held September 6-15, 2019…
October 9, 2019
The Legionnaires’ disease lawyers at Pritzker Hageman, led by attorney Fred Pritzker, are representing multiple legionella victims in the Mountain State Fair outbreak. One of our clients was in an induced coma in the ICU, where she has been hospitalized…