Jensen Listeria Outbreak TX, CO, NM, OK
Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma are the worst-hit states in the Jensen Farms cantaloupe Listeria outbreak. Combined, those states have 68 percent of the illnesses and 72 percent of the Listeria deaths in an outbreak that remains active.
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In Texas, for example, public health officials in El Paso this week identified a 77-year-old woman as a new victim. She was hospitalized, but is recovering at home. It is the second elderly Listeria case patient linked to the cantaloupe outbreak from El Paso.
Lawsuits against Jensen Farms of Granada, Colorado, seek monetary recoveries for harms related to all deaths and illnesses in this outbreak. Legally speaking, these cases are complex and victims should retain a Listeria lawyer who can win an optimum claim against the parties responsible for poisoning so many people via whole cantaloupes.
Our food safety attorneys have collected millions on behalf of listeriosis victims, including $3.5 million for a couple who lost unborn twins and $2.7 million for the family of an 81-year-old man who died. There have only been a handful of major listeriosis outbreaks in the United States. The last one was in 2002, and our attorneys served as lead counsel on behalf of a number of outbreak victims and their families.
In this current outbreak, national food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is continuing to be reached by victims and will accept new cases at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or send your contact information online and an attorney will call you.
October 2011 Update on Jensen Cantaloupe Listeria Litigation:
Foods can become infected with listeria through several means including contaminated water, manure or contaminated biosolids used for fertilizer or through the many different stages that the food is handled or washed. Though officials have traced the infected cantaloupes to Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado, the exact cause remains under investigation. Still, scientists from the FDA and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are confident in link to the millions of cantaloupes harvested in August and early September from Jensen Farms.
The company announced its recall September 14. Since then the CDC has published 6 updates with the latest information showing 18 deaths and 100 illnesses in 20 states. Colorado has 30 illnesses and five deaths. Texas has 14 illnesses and two deaths. Oklahoma has 11 illnesses and one death. New Mexico has 13 illnesses and five deaths.
