The E. coli victim is represented by Pritzker Olsen law firm. Local counsel in Denver filed the suit July 8, 2010,  in  Jefferson County District Court.  According to the complaint, the woman purchased the bison product in June at the King Soopers grocery store in Lakewood.

She fell ill with classic E. coli symptoms of diarrhea and stomach pain and was hospitalized for several days at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE), state health officials concluded that she was part of a Colorado E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to the defendant’s bison meat.

The association with the outbreak prompted the Rocky Mountain Natural Meats recall of more than 66,000 pounds of ground buffalo, steaks and medallions on July 2.

Pritzker Olsen is currently in contact with other victims of this outbreak and is accepting additional cases. The firm is a leading practitioner of foodborne illness litigation and is actively involved in efforts to prevent outbreaks of E. coli and other dangerous pathogens.

If you or a loved one has become infected with E. coli O157:H7 after eating buffalo, contact a physician immediately and request a stool culture. For answers to legal questions, call our firm at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the online contact form on the side of this Web page. Over the years we have collected millions for victims of food poisoning.

Fred Pritzker, founder and president of the national food safety law firm, said a  Rocky Mountain Natural Meats E. coli lawsuit will be filed in Jefferson County, Colorado.

The client purchased the tainted buffalo from a King Soopers supermarket before USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall late last week of 66,000 pounds of ground buffalo and other buffalo products. Health officials confirmed that she was infected with the same strain of E. coli O157:H7 as a group of other Colorado residents.

Health investigators have associated the cluster of potentially deadly bacterial infections with ground buffalo from Rocky Mountain Natural Meats. At least one person from New York also has been sickened by the outbreak strain of E. coli.

Brands included in the Colorado buffalo recall are Great Range Ground Bison and Nature’s Rancher Ground Buffalo.

Pritzker Olsen is conducting its own investigation of the outbreak and is accepting additional cases. To contact Fred, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete our online contact form. Our firm is a leading practitioner of foodborne illness litigation and we have collected millions over the years for victims of food poisoning.

In addition, members of our firm are actively involved in efforts to prevent outbreaks of E. coli and other human pathogens.

But the threat of E. coli in ground beef makes it so if your family is unfortunate enough to buy hamburger meat that was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 in the slaughtering or grinding process.

E. coli O157:H7  in ground beef is banned by the federal government as a dangerous human pathogen. The law requires inspectors to test for it. But the system is far from fail-proof, which inevitably leads to ground beef E. coli outbreaks over and over that injure, hospitalize and kill victims.

In 2009, according to a review of federal records by food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen, more than 1 million pounds of ground beef and beef cuts intended for grinding were recalled from market by USDA-inspected slaughter plants and processors.

The largest of the 15 recalls covered 545,699 pounds of E. coli-contaminated ground beef produced last fall by Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y. Our law firm is representing a young child who developed E. coli HUS after consuming Fairbank Farms beef.

Multi-state E. coli outbreaks associated with these recalls killed at least three people and sickened at least 80, according to the records. The outbreaks resulted in at least 34 hospitalizations and eight confirmed cases of life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a disease especially dangerous to children that causes kidney failure and many other serious health conditions.

Ground beef E. coli outbreaks don’t have to be large in scale to be deadly.  In Cleveland last year, a 7-year-old girl died in a ground beef E. coli outbreak associated with E. coli-tainted ground beef from Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Ill. The company recalled 95,898 pounds of potentially tainted hamburger meat in May 2009 that had been delivered to restaurants.

Another isolated but disturbing ground beef E. coli outbreak occurred in October at a nature camp in Plymouth, Mass. In that case, more than 20 children and chaperons from a middle school in Rhode Island were sickened by contaminated ground beef traced to a meat packer in Brockton, Mass.

It is axiom in food poisoning circles that raw ground beef is the most common vehicle for E. coli O157 infections. Many times the infections come from ground beef hamburgers cooked on the grill. That’s because temperatures of at least 160 degrees are needed to kill E. coli and the only reliable measurement is a food thermometer.

How does E. coli get into ground beef in the first place?

E. coli O157:H7 colonizes in the intestines of cattle without harming them. At slaughter, the pathogen can contaminate muscle meat, sometimes when an intestine is nicked or during the removal of the animal’s hide. Hides are often smeared with feces. Washes and rinses of the carcasses aren’t 100 percent effective in removing the organisms.

E. coli in ground beef survives refrigerator and freezer temperatures and the bacteria do nothing to spoil the appearance or odor of the meat. Once in ground beef,  E. coli can multiply very slowly at temperatures as low as 44 degrees. The actual infectious dose is unknown, but most scientists believe it takes only a small number of this strain of E. coli to cause serious illness.

Still, ground beef E. coli outbreaks are preventable and ground beef E. coli lawsuits play an important role. Without the threat of E. coli litigation in the U.S. justice system, meat packers, retailers and others in the supply chain would have less incentive to employ the best known practices to prevent these infections.

Pritzker Olsen is a national leader in ground beef E. coli litigation and we have collected millions for victims of E. coli O157:H7 poisoning, including those struck by HUS. To contact a ground beef E. coli lawyer at our firm, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete our online contact form.  We provide free case consultations and can explain how you owe us nothing until we win your case.

Many people think foods–particularly ground beef or leafy greens–are the only sources of E. coli infections in humans, but that is untrue. Drinking water contaminated with E. coli can be just as deadly or life-changing as any other E. coli infection. In this case, the drinking water at a rural Iowa rental home was supplied by a well that was contaminated with the pathogen, and a toddler living at the home became seriously ill in 2007.

Early E. coli symptoms included severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, but soon developed into a serious kidney condition that attacks red blood cells and is called hemolytic uremic syndrome (E. coli HUS). The child was hospitalized for a month and put on kidney dialysis. Although her condition has improved she will have lifelong kidney damage and is at risk for needing a kidney transplant in the future.

Local authorities tested the home’s tap water and found E. coli in the water supply about a month after the child became sick. Pritzker Olsen attorneys hired a microbiologist, pediatric nephrologist and geohydrologist to serve as expert witnesses who could communicate to the defense attorneys that the conditions on the home’s property did, indeed, lead to the child’s illness, which seriously affected her life and the lives of her family members. It was found that the well water likely became contaminated with E. coli from manure that rainwater washed into the water supply from fields of cattle that grazed uphill from the well not far from the home.

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen is conducting its own research on the outbreak and has been in contact with potential victims.

The outbreak has taken a toll on students in schools and on college campuses in Ohio, Michigan and New York. These institutions are Ohio State University in Columbus, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Daemen College in Amherst, New York; and public schools in Wappingers Falls, New York.

Shredded Romaine lettuce from Freshway is the implicated source of infection in this outbreak according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Multiple lines of evidence” support the finding, including a positive test for E. coli in a previously unopened package of shredded romaine obtained from a “facility” associated with the outbreak.

The CDC said DNA testing to confirm the link to ill persons is pending at this time. Meanwhile, Freshway Foods has issued a lettuce recall as a result of the evidence obtained to date. The products were sold in 23 states and Washington, D.C., to foodservice accounts including cafeterias, delis, restaurants, grocery store salad bars and institutions.

The latest CDC update on the lettuce E. coli outbreak counts 19 confirmed victims and 10 probable since March 1. Three victims developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially deadly disease that commonly shuts down a person’s kidneys but also can invade further to cause brain injury, paralysis, heart problems, coma, stroke and nervous system disorders.

In Wappingers Falls, School District Superintendent James Parla told the Poughkeepsie Journal that there were two confirmed cases of E. coli, three probable cases and one suspected case. The students go to Roy C. Ketcham High School, John Jay High School, Wappingers Junior High School and Van Wyck Middle School.

The investigation into the Freshway Foods E. coli outbreak is continuing and it includes a focus on a farm in Yuma, Arizona, where investigators believe the tainted romaine may have originated. The Associated Press quoted Laura Oxley, a spokeswoman for the Arizona agriculture and health departments, who said there were no additional shipments to stop because it  is the end of the winter lettuce season in the state.

To contact an E. coli attorney at Pritzker Olsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete our online contact form. We will provide a free case consultation and answer legal questions you may have about this outbreak.

Our firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we have collected millions for victims of food poisoning. We are involved in practically every major outbreak of food poisoning as an advocate for victims.

That is the distribution information released Monday by National Steak and Poultry regarding 248,000 pounds of steaks recalled December 24th for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.

The six states where Moe’s, Carino’s and KRM restaurants are located are the same states identified by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) as home to a steak E. coli outbreak associated with blade-tenderized, non-intact cuts of beef that were adulterated.

As of late Monday, FSIS remained silent on which restaurants received recalled steaks from National Steak and Poultry. Nor has the agency said how many people have been sickened, including those who may have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) or thrombotic  thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The original FSIS press release on Christmas Eve said the recalled steaks had been distributed to restaurants “nationwide.”

The supplier of steak to Moe’s, Carino’s and KRM said the E. coli steak recall applies to four production dates: October 12, 13, 14 and 21.

NSP’s statement said: “We are in the process of reviewing our procedures and will make any necessary upgrades.”

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen was the first organization to publicly announce that state and federal health officials were investigating an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak related to mechanically tenderized steaks in multiple states. Such products are known hazards to eat rare or medium because the tenderizing processes can drive surface E. coli into the center of the meat where it can survive flames and heat.

If you have information to add to our investigation, or if a loved one has been sickened in this outbreak, contact an E. coli lawyer at Pritzker Olsen by calling 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by completing the contact and information form on the side of this web page.

We will provide you with a free case consultation, just as we have already done so in the case of  one potential victim of this outbreak. Our firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we are involved in practically every major outbreak of food poisoning.

The Price Chopper ground beef you purchased may have been part of a recall of 545,699 pounds of Fairbank Farms ground beef products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7.  The recalled Fairbank Farms ground beef was sold to Price Chopper grocery stores in  Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont.

Raw ground beef products contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 are adulterated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), which means that you and your child may have the right to sue Fairbank Farms and possibly Price Chopper for medical expenses, lost earnings, pain and suffering, emotional distress and other damages.

You and your child did not lose the right to sue for damages because you prepared the ground beef before serving it to your child.  The Price Chopper ground beef you purchased and prepared should not have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

It is important for you and your child that you replace any guilt with a healthy dose of anger and seek justice.

To contact our law firm for a free consultation about a Fairbank Farms lawsuit and a Price Chopper E. coli lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online consultation form.  We want to hear from you, and we have the experience to help.

We are not paid unless you win.

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The Shaw’s ground beef you purchased may have been part of a recall of over 500,000 pounds of Fairbank Farms ground beef products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7.  The recalled Fairbank Farms ground beef was sold to Shaw’s grocery stores in  New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Under federal law, ground beef contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 is “adulterated” for civil tort purposes, and you and your child may have the right to sue Fairbank Farms and possibly Shaw’s for medical expenses, lost earnings, pain and suffering, emotional distress and other damages.

You and your child did not lose the right to sue for damages because you prepared the ground beef before serving it to your child.  The Shaw’s ground beef you purchased and prepared should not have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

Again, you are not at fault for your child’s illness.  It is important for you and your child that you replace any guilt with a healthy dose of anger and seek justice.

The truth is our food supply is not safe, and terrorists are not at fault.  All along the food supply chain, companies consistently put profit before safety, and the result is people getting severely ill and dying.

To contact our law firm for a free consultation about a Fairbank Farms lawsuit and a Shaw’s lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online consultation form.  We want to hear from you, and we have the experience to help.

We are not paid unless you win.

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Sixteen people have been hospitalized and 3 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), the primary cause of kidney failure in children.  Two deaths have been reported, one in New Hampshire and one in New York.

Our lawyers are representing a 3-year-old with E. coli HUS.  We have also represented families of people who died from E. coli poisoning. Contact our law firm for a free consultation regarding a Fairbank Farms lawsuit.

The multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 has been associated with fresh ground beef produced in mid-September by Ashville, N.Y.-based Fairbank Farms. The company has recalled more than half a million pounds of the product, which was sold in supermarket  meat cases in at least eight states. Any product still out there is probably in consumers’ freezers and health officials are urging people to check their stocks.

Any ground beef with USDA establishment number EST 492 inside the mark of inspection should be checked against the recall list. In general, recalled items were marked with sell-by dates ranging from September 19-28.

Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services confirmed three cases of E. coli O157:H7, one of which resulted in death. These cases are linked to the Fairbank E. coli recall, said New Hampshire DHHS Communications Director Kris Neilsen.

In Maine, officials confirmed that two cases of E. coli O157:H7 matched the genetic fingerprint of the outbreak strain of E. coli.

USA Today reporter Elizabeth Weise talked to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who said 28  illnesses associated with Fairbank Farms ground beef E. coli have been confirmed, including 16 who were hospitalized. The person who died in New York had underlying health concerns. Illnesses in Massachusetts and Connecticut have also been linked to the recalled beef.

USA Today’s report said 18 of the 28 illnesses have been in New England states. Two of those who were hospitalized developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS.

Also on Monday, the Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services said the New England E. coli outbreak associated with Fairbank Farms ground beef is unrelated to the Lincoln Middle School hamburger E. coli outbreak less than one week prior. In that hamburger E. coli outbreak, more than 20 students and chaperones from Rhode Island were sickened by contaminated and undercooked ground beef made by a meatpacker in Brockton, Massachusetts, doing business as South Shore Meats Inc. The school group had been on a trip to Camp Bournedale, a nature camp in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

In the United States, E. coli O157:H7 is banned from raw ground beef and people who are sickened by it have special rights under the law. To receive a free case consultation from an experienced E. coli attorney, contact national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys. Complete our online contact and information form or call us at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free).

Rhode Island attorney David Szerlag is a member of our law firm, which is involved in practically every major outbreak of food poisoning. Over the years we have collected tens of millions of dollars for victims of E. coli and other foodborne illnesses.