E. coli and HUS Outbreak in Raleigh, NC Area: Lawyers Investigating North Carolina State Fair Link
PritzkerOlsen law firm has successfully represented E. coli victims in North Carolina. Our E. coli lawyers are now available for a free consultation regarding the North Carolina State Fair E. coli investigation. Wake County and North Carolina state health officials have confirmed that 13 children and 13 adults have been sickened by E. coli, and 23 of those sickened visited the North Carolina State Fair. This is solid epidemiological evidence that something at the state fair caused this outbreak of E. coli infections.
Four of the children remain hospitalized, fighting kidney failure and other symptoms of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). E. coli HUS is a life-threatening complication of toxic E. coli poisoning that happens most often in children under age 5.
Wake County and North Carolina state health officials are testing environmental samples to determine what food or animals at the fair may have caused the outbreak. Some of the people sickened did not visit the petting zoo or touch animals while at the fair. It could still be animals, though, because the bacteria could have spread throughout the fairgrounds on people’s shoes.
Many of the E. coli victims are from Raleigh. The counties involved include Wake, Sampson, Cleveland, Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wilson.
Investigators also are looking into the possibility of more E. coli illnesses potentially linked to the fair. If you or a loved one has recently experienced bloody diarrhea or other E. coli symptoms, see your health care provider. Make sure to request a stool sample. For answers to legal questions about compensation for present and future harms, call national food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A. at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or submit our free consultation form and an attorney will call you.
