Most people associate E.coli food poisoning with eating a hamburger or a salad made with romaine lettuce. Since E.coli bacteria are found in the feces of livestock animals, people can also get sick from visiting petting zoos.
When someone contracts an E.coli infection, common symptoms include bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and severe stomach pain. High-risk groups, including children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems are susceptible to a life-threatening form of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
For the past 40 years, our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers has been successfully representing people sickened by E.coli-HUS. Our legal successes help drive changes in the industry to make food safer for everyone. In one recent case, we obtained one of the largest E.coli verdicts in U.S. history on behalf of a young girl who suffered a life-threatening illness and severe kidney damage from an E.coli-HUS infection that she contracted from a pumpkin patch.
Read her family's story: https://pritzlaw.us/2FQFVLA
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HUS Kidney Failure from E.coli: One Family's Story | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
Salmonella is a major health problem in the U.S.
Each year, more than 1 million people get sick with Salmonella food poisoning. One of the most common food sources of Salmonella is chicken.
According to the USDA, Salmonella is not considered to be a "per se adulterant" in meat, which means that the chicken you buy from the grocery store can contain Salmonella bacteria with the USDA stamp of approval.
In one recent case, our Food Poisoning Lawyers helped a family whose 5-year-old son suffered a massive brain abscess that was caused by a Salmonella infection he contracted from eating Foster Farms chicken.
Read more to learn how this case helped set an important precedent for food safety by protecting consumers who place their trust in chicken producers to sell safe
food: https://pritzlaw.us/2HLVEw3.
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Salmonella from Chicken: One Family's Story | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
According to the CDC, leafy greens are the second most common source of Shiga-toxin-producing E.coli outbreaks in the U.S.
It wasn’t too long ago that people across the country were avoiding romaine lettuce over fears of E.coli contamination. Just in the last 3 years alone, more than 400 people were sickened with E.coli from tainted romaine lettuce. Will 2020 bring another outbreak? https://pritzlaw.us/3c7Qbeg
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Romaine Caused Most Leafy Greens E. coli Outbreaks in the last Decade
Each year, about 48 million people get sick with food poisoning.
Dangerous foodborne pathogens like Listeria, E.coli, and Salmonella can lead to serious complications and long-term health problems like chronic arthritis, nerve damage, brain damage, kidney failure, and even death.
Our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers represents people who suffer from serious foodborne illnesses, all because a food company failed to follow basic food safety procedures that are necessary in order to keep our food supply safe. For this year's #NationalFoodSafetyEducationMonth, we're sharing a few of our clients' stories.
Read one man's story about battling a serious Listeria infection that caused a debilitating brain injury from eating contaminated ice cream: https://pritzlaw.us/3mqzaR6.
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Listeria Meningitis From Contaminated Ice Cream: One Man's Story | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
The number of people sickened in the onion Salmonella outbreak keeps growing.
Attorney Fred Pritzker, who leads our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers, says that produce items like onions are a common vehicle for these multi-state outbreaks.
The Food Poisoning Bulletin has the scoop: https://pritzlaw.us/2EJCnua.
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Onion Salmonella Newport Outbreak Has Now Sickened 1012 in 47 States
At least 68 people have been sickened in a Salmonella outbreak linked to Wawona-brand peaches sold at ALDI and Target stores in the following states:
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin.
“This is the second time in recent years peaches produced by Wawona have been recalled for bacterial contamination,” says attorney Fred Pritzker, who leads our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers.
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Wawona Peaches Salmonella Recall Includes ALDI, Target, Other Stores
"The thing about legionella is it’s a silent killer. You can’t see it or smell it. It’s just in the air floating around. So, you have to be proactive."
Attorney Eric Hageman talks about the dangers of Legionnaires' disease in a piece published in The Guardian and Ensia about one of our clients who died after contracting the disease at her nursing home in suburban Ohio.
Read her story: https://pritzlaw.us/31cwjSS
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Attorney Eric Hageman Quoted in The Guardian and Ensia About The Dangers of Legionnaires' Disease | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
It's #FirePreventionWeek. This year's theme is "Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!™"
According to data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), cooking is the leading cause of home fire injuries. Here at Pritzker Hageman, P.A. we represent people who have been injured or killed in fires and explosions as well as people who have been seriously sickened by eating unsafe food.
When you're cooking at home, it's just as important to understand basic fire safety rules as it is to follow the 4 key steps to food safety (clean, cook, separate, chill) to keep your kitchen safe from dangerous fires and harmful foodborne pathogens.
Learn more about our fire and explosion legal team: https://www.pritzkerlaw.com/explosion-lawyer/
Learn more about our food poisoning legal team:
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Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries. 🙁 But it doesn’t have to be that way! 😀 This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen™” kicks off today, and offers tips, guidelines and resources for cooking safely. Learn more at fpw.org!
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Our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers filed a lawsuit against Chipotle on behalf of a teenage girl who was sickened with E. coli O157:H7 after eating a salad bowl with romaine lettuce from a Chipotle in Columbus, OH.
We're investigating whether our client's illness is associated with either of the two recently announced E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks, most likely the one currently identified as "Unknown Source 1 - E. coli O157:H7."
Read more: https://pritzlaw.us/2TD6Bmg
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Ohio E. coli Lawsuit Filed Against Chipotle | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
Restaurants are the most common setting for foodborne illness. When the CDC and FDA announced the new mystery E.coli O157:H7 outbreaks, a cluster of illnesses associated with the outbreak currently identified as "Unknown Source 1 – E.coli O157:H7" was linked to a restaurant.
Here's what you need to know in order to sue a restaurant for food poisoning: https://pritzlaw.us/2lA5JRC.
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Can I Sue a Restaurant for Food Poisoning?
Our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers is investigating two mystery E.coli O157:H7 outbreaks that were announced by the CDC and FDA last night.
Read more to learn why 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙚 is a likely food source in both outbreaks → https://pritzlaw.us/3oBNszl.
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CDC: Two Mystery E. coli O157:H7 Outbreaks, 44 Sick, 1 Dead
We're pleased to announce that our national personal injury law firm received a 2021 "Best Law Firms" award from U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers! Our legal team was recognized for our work in personal injury litigation and mass tort litigation.
In order to first be eligible for a "Best Law Firms" award, law firms must have at least one attorney recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© At Pritzker Hageman, attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman were recognized as 2021 Best Lawyers for their work in personal injury litigation, mass tort litigation, and transportation law. https://pritzlaw.us/3lnXUZm
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Pritzker Hageman Receives 2021 Best Law Firms Award from U.S. News | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
Each year, 48 million people get sick with food poisoning. Many of these illnesses are caused by outbreaks linked to fresh fruits and veggies. While these illnesses could be prevented if food companies followed proper food safety procedures, there are steps you can take at home to help protect your family from harmful foodborne pathogens in your own kitchen.
As part of their "Fight Bac like a #producepro" campaign, Partnership for Food Safety Education put together a list of food safety tips to enjoy fresh produce and fresh-squeezed fruit and vegetable juices.
Our team of Food Poisoning Lawyers has represented people sickened in virtually every major outbreak for the past 40 years. Learn more about how we help people sickened by contaminated food: http://pritzlaw.us/2M55xXr.
"I like to call it poop in a cup." - the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's CORE Network Director on whether there's something about romaine lettuce that makes it more susceptible to E. coli contamination than other leafy greens.
Read more in the Food Poisoning Bulletin's recap of a CORE webinar about how the FDA works with the CDC and state health partners to identify, stop, analyze, and prevent foodborne illness outbreaks: http://pritzlaw.us/3p1m9OM.
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Director of FDA CORE on Romaine: "I like to call it poop in a cup"
Our Explosion Burn Lawyer legal team has filed a lawsuit against the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) for victims of an apartment fire that broke out at Cedar High Apartments over a year ago.
The devastating fire that started on November 27, 2019, which was the day before Thanksgiving that year, killed five residents and injured four others. Our legal team is representing the families of two victims who died in the fire.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Fire Marshall Division says that the victims would still be alive if the building had been protected by sprinklers.
Read more: http://pritzlaw.us/2LQQ9hM
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Pritzker Hageman Fire Lawyers File Lawsuit Against Minneapolis Public Housing Authority for Cedar High Apartment Fire Victims | Pritzker Hageman, P.A.
Are some leafy greens riskier than others? A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says yes.
Read more to find out which leafy greens to think twice about before adding them to your grocery cart. http://pritzlaw.us/2WXDTya
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Which Leafy Greens Pose the Greatest E. coli Risk?
Data from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety shows that 53 people died in fires last year, which is a 13% increase from 2019. Six victims died in fires caused by gas leaks.
Our law firm is one of the few in the country with experience handling fire and explosion cases. We understand the challenges that families face when their loved one is injured or killed due to a gas leak. Learn more about the common causes of gas explosions and what you should do if it happens to your family: https://pritzlaw.us/gas-explosion-lawyer.
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