Rocky Mountain Natural Meats Lawsuit
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen has filed a Rocky Mountain Natural Meats E. coli lawsuit in Jefferson County District Court on behalf of a woman who was sickened by contaminated bison meat.
According to the complaint filed in Golden, Colorado, a retail package of buffalo made by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats was the source of an E. coli O157:H7 infection suffered by 53-year-old Fran Vanse of Lakewood, Colorado.
The lawsuit, filed with local counsel Reilly Pozner of Denver, says state health department officials investigated her illness and concluded that Ms. Vanse is part of a Colorado buffalo E. coli outbreak linked to the defendant's meat. She is one of at least six people to contract E. coli O157:H7 from eating bison from Rocky Mountain Natural Meats.
Lawyer Fred Pritzker, founder and president of Pritzker Olsen, is currently in contact with other victims from this outbreak and is accepting additional cases. The firm has launched its own independent investigation. If you have information or questions, call Fred at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the online contact form on the side of this Web page.
Our firm is a leading practitioner of foodborne illness litigation and we have collected millions over the years for victims of food poisoning.
According to the complaint in Jefferson County, Ms. Vanse purchased the contaminated meat in June from the King Soopers grocery store in Lakewood. She experienced classic E. coli symptoms including diarrhea and stomach pain and was hospitalized for several days at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. After being released from the hospital, she continued to be sick for about a week.
On July 2, 2010, Rocky Mountain Natural Meats recalled 66,000 pounds of bison product that USDA has said may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7.
The meat was sold nationwide in certain grocery stores and in some restaurants via foodservice distributors in Arizona and Utah.
The Colorado lawsuit on behalf of Ms. Vanse alleges that Rocky Mountain Natural Meats negligently manufactured, distributed and sold a food product that was unreasonably dangerous.
