Missouri Listeria Cantaloupe Lawsuit
Missouri Listeria Death No. 2 has been confirmed by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, worsening the Jensen Farms cantaloupe outbreak that CDC officials are still actively monitoring.
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The 84-year-old person is the second in Southwest Missouri to die from listeriosis caused by contaminated cantaloupe that came from a packing facility where health investigators found dirty equipment, standing water on the floor and a questionable protocol for cooling the melons. Missouri's second fatality linked to the outbreak expands the total number of cantaloupe Listeria deaths to 26 nationwide.
In total, five Missouri residents have been stricken and CDC data indicates that nearly everyone who falls sick with one of the outbreak strains of Listeria becomes hospitalized. More than 123 people in 26 states have been sickened since July 31 and more case confirmations are expected.
Listeria lawyer Fred Pritzker represents victims of this outbreak in litigation that will encompass Missouri and other states. The lawsuits will seek monetary recoveries and justice for those who have suffered from negligence uncovered in the sweeping investigation of America's deadliest outbreak of food poisoning in 25 years. A good Listeria lawyer will pursue claims that also include future harms due to loss of companionship, future medical costs, loss of income and future pain and suffering.
Pritzker was the lead attorney in a cluster of Listeria lawsuits brought in the last major Listeria outbreak -- in 2002, winning several million dollars for survivors and the families of those who died. Free case consultations are available at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or leave your contact information and a lawyer will call you.
