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This Hepatitis Litigation site exists to assist present Marler Clark Hepatitis-impacted clients, co-counsel, media, and potential clients keep up to date on current Hepatitis litigation being pursued by Marler Clark throughout the United States.
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- Olive Garden hepatitis A exposure Class Action Lawsuit
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The Marler Clark law firm filed a class action lawsuit against the Olive Garden on behalf of over 3,000 people who received Immune globulin injections or hepatitis A vaccinations after eating at the Fayetteville, North Carolina Olive Garden location on several dates in late July and early August, 2011. Olive Garden patrons who are eligible to join the class action lawsuit received the Ig or hepatitis A shots to prevent infection after a food worker tested positive for hepatitis A.
Hepatitis A is typically transmitted from…
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- Subway Hepatitis A Lawsuits
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In October of 1999, the King and Snohomish County health departments investigated a hepatitis A outbreak in the Seattle area. Interviews with outbreak victims revealed that ill individuals had consumed Subway sandwiches from one of two Northeast Seattle Subway restaurants in the weeks before exhibiting symptoms of hepatitis A infection.
The joint health department investigation resulted in the identification of an estimated 40 hepatitis A cases associated with the consumption of food purchased from the two Subway restaurants. …
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- Taco Bell Hepatitis A Legal Cases
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In December of 2000, the Lake County Health Department (LCHD) learned of seven hepatitis A cases, including five hospitalizations, in Lake and neighboring Sumter Counties in a two week span. LCHD notified the Florida Department of Health, and the two public health agencies conducted a joint investigation into the hepatitis A outbreak, which revealed 21 hepatitis A cases in the two counties.
A case-control study indicated that food served at the Taco Bell restaurant in Fruitland Park, Florida, was the source of the hepatitis…
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- Houlihan’s Hepatitis A Lawsuit
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In January of 2007, a food worker at Houlihan’s restaurant in Geneva, Illinois, was diagnosed with a hepatitis A infection. Kane County health officials inspected the restaurant that afternoon, and warned all patrons who had eaten at the restaurant between January 8 and January 19, when the employee was infectious, of their potential exposure to the hepatitis A virus. In particular, customers who had ordered and consumed iced drinks were at risk for becoming ill with hepatitis A.
The Kane County Health Department held clinics at two…
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- McDonald’s Hepatitis A Lawsuit (Quad-Cities, Illinois)
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At least 32 people in the Quad-Cities, Illinois, area became ill with hepatitis A infections after eating food purchased from the Milan, Illinois, McDonald’s restaurant in the summer of 2009. Most of the cases were among Rock Island County residents (18), but residents of Henry, Mercer, Warren, and Woodford counties also became ill with hepatitis A infections after eating at the restaurant. At least eleven people were hospitalized due to the severity of their hepatitis A symptoms.
After the hepatitis A outbreak was…
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- McDonald’s Hepatitis A Lawsuit (Washington State)
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In 1998, the Skagit County Health Department (SCHD) learned that several area residents had been diagnosed with hepatitis A and began an outbreak investigation. During its investigation into the source of the hepatitis A outbreak, SCHD determined that the outbreak had occurred among patrons of the Mt. Vernon, Washington, McDonald’s restaurant. Further investigation led to the conclusion that an assistant manager who had worked at the McDonald’s while infected with hepatitis A had contaminated food served to the restaurant’s…
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- Carl’s Jr. Hepatitis A Lawsuits
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In February of 2000, the Spokane Regional Health District learned that an employee at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Spokane, Washington, had tested positive for hepatitis A. The worker handled food at the Carl’s Jr. and over 1,400 people received Immune Globulin injections to prevent against hepatitis A infection after eating food prepared by the worker while they were infections.
Marler Clark represented four families with members who became ill with hepatitis A after eating at the restaurant in claims against Carl’s Jr. …
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- Chipotle Grill Hepatitis A Litigation
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In early May, 2008, more than twenty people who ate at the La Mesa, CA Chipotle Grill between March 1 and April 22 had tested positive for Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) infection. More than a dozen victims contacted the hepatitis A attorneys at Marler Clark, and three lawsuits were filed on behalf of four clients. All hepatitis A lawsuits have since been resolved.
Hepatitis A is a food borne virus that can be passed by infected food handlers to consumers. The virus attacks the liver, and symptoms can include nausea, vomiting,…
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- Maple Lawn Dairy Hepatitis A Outbreak Litigation
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On November 6, 2004, the Chemung County Health Department issued a hepatitis A news release announcing that four persons had confirmed hepatitis A infections which were traceable to the Maple Lawn Dairy Family Restaurant. The Health Department advised that persons who had eaten at the Maple Lawn Dairy between September 26 and October 10, 2004 may have been exposed to the Hepatitis A virus, and recommended that persons who had potentially been exposed receive injections of immune globulin, an antibody treatment that provides protection from the…
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- Friendly’s Hepatitis A Class Action Lawsuit
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On June 25, 2004, Marler Clark filed a Class Action lawsuit against Friendly’s International on behalf of more than 1,500 persons who were required to get Hepatitis A vaccinations following possible exposure to the virus at a Friendly’s restaurant in Arlington, Mass. The Town of Arlington Board of Health issued a warning and call for people to receive shots after it was learned that an employee of the restaurant was infected with Hepatitis A.
The hepatitis A lawyers at Marler Clark reached a settlement with Friendly’s, and checks…
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- D’Angelo’s Hepatitis A Outbreak Litigation
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Marler Clark’s food poisoning attorneys represented fifteen people who contracted hepatitis A after eating at D’Angelo’s in Massachusetts in claims against the restaurant. In addition to individual claims brought on behalf of people who were sickened in the outbreak, Marler Clark represented members of a class action who had eaten at the restaurant and had been exposed to the hepatitis A virus but had not become ill in a lawsuit against D’Angelo’s. In February of 2004, a judge approved the settlement…
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- Chi-Chi’s hepatitis A outbreak litigation
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Pennsylvania State health officials first learned of a potential HAV outbreak from emergency room doctors in Beaver County, who reported an unusually high number of hepatitis A cases in late October, 2003. Investigators from the health department began investigating the people who had fallen ill, and determined that the common thread for all was having eaten at the Chi Chi’s restaurant at the Beaver Valley Mall. Once the department isolated the restaurant as the probable source of the outbreak, Chi Chi’s closed the restaurant voluntarily…
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- Quizno’s Hepatitis A Class Action Lawsuit
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On June 27, 2004, the Boston Public Health Commission announced that customers who had eaten foods prepared at a Boston Quizno’s restaurant located at 74 Summer Street between June 17 and June 19 may be at risk of developing hepatitis A, and urged all customers who hade eaten cold or uncooked foods purchased from the restaurant during that period to contact their health care provider to receive an injection of immune globulin to prevent becoming ill with hepatitis A. Following the warning, a large number of persons obtained the recommended…
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- Silver Grill Hepatitis A Outbreak Litigation
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In September, October, November, and December of 2005, Los Angeles County witnessed a significant increase in reported hepatitis A illnesses among its residents. Investigations by state and local health agencies identified at least three point-source hepatitis A outbreaks, with one occurring among cast and crew on a movie set in north Hollywood. During their investigation into the outbreak, health officials identified October 3, 2005, as the date that the cast and crewmembers were exposed to hepatitis A-contaminated food. Catering services were…
