November 30, 2020
Sunbeam has issued a burn hazard recall for its Crock-Pot Express Crock Multi-Cooker sold at Walmart, Target, Amazon and other retailers. Consumers who have purchased this product should not use it as injury can occur. At the time of the…
November 24, 2020
A food poisoning outbreak linked to AFC Sushi sold at two Harris Teeter locations in North Carolina has sickened more than 10 people, according to county health officials. The product was sold from November 13, 2020, to November 19, 2020,…
November 23, 2020
Thirty-nine people are sick, four of them with a form of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in one of three “mystery” E. coli outbreaks that the CDC is calling E. coli Outbreak Unknown Source 2. All of the…
November 20, 2020
Federal health officials are investigating a four-state Salmonella Paratyphi outbreak that includes 10 illnesses associated with a Nekter Juice Bar in Woodbury, Minnesota. When the Minnesota Health Department discovered the outbreak in October, a total of nine illnesses were associated…
November 20, 2020
A fuel tank explosion at Thomas Plastic Machinery in Scottsburg, IN injured one person on Thursday. When firefighters arrived at the scene on the 800 block of Armory Place, thick smoke and heavy flames were shooting from the building. It…
November 19, 2020
Sprouts were the most common offender of 2016 outbreaks where food sources were identified, according to a newly released study from the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC). In 2016, federal investigators were able to solve 28 outbreaks which resulted…
November 16, 2020
Fire officials are investigating a propane leak as the possible source of a fire and explosion that injured two people on Nantucket last Thursday. A man believed to be inside the home on 11 Woodbury Lane was hospitalized in Boston…
November 12, 2020
The driver of an SUV died and her passenger was hospitalized after their vehicle was struck head-on in a car crash on Highway 75 in Georgetown Township. The crash happened shortly after 8:00 PM on Wednesday when the driver of…
November 11, 2020
Federal health officials say the food source of three ongoing E. coli outbreaks is unknown, but a common thread that runs through all of them is romaine lettuce. Together, these three outbreaks have already resulted in 56 illnesses, 23 hospitalizations,…
November 11, 2020
The national food safety law firm Pritzker Hageman has filed a second E. coli lawsuit against Chipotle in Ohio. The lawsuit was filed November 6, 2020, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, on behalf of a teenage…
November 11, 2020
Pritzker Hageman law firm is pleased to announce that our national personal injury law firm has received a 2021 “Best Law Firms” award from U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. The “Best Law Firms” list includes firms that…
November 10, 2020
Federal health officials announced today that they are investigating a third multistate E. coli O157:H7 outbreak where romaine lettuce is a suspected source. On October 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) simultaneously announced two E. coli O157:H7…