Illinois Subway Salmonella Victim Represented by Pritzker Olsen
A woman from central Illinois who was hospitalized in the Illinois Subway restaurant outbreak has retained law firm Pritzker Olsen to represent her in Subway Salmonella litigation.
The 52-year-old resident of Tazewell County is one of at least 97 people who have tested positive for the same strain of Salmonella Hvittingfoss in an outbreak linked to more than 40 Subway locations in 28 Illinois counties..jpg)
Pritzker Olsen is in contact with other victims and continues to accept cases for an Illinois Subway Salmonella lawsuit. To contact the firm call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the online contact form on the right side of this Web page.
Fred Pritzker, founder and president of Pritzker Olsen, said the client ate an oven-roasted chicken sub on May 11 at the Subway on 603 Jackson Street in Morton, Illinois. She was hospitalized for several days after suffering gastroenteritis and cramping with severe vomiting.
“This outbreak emphasizes the importance of proper restaurant training, including an emphasis on thorough hand washing,’’ Pritzker said. “There has been an unacceptable gap in food safety.’’
Pritzker said restaurant outbreaks of foodborne pathogens should automatically trigger testing of employees, regardless of their illness history. In the Illinois Subway outbreak, state health officials have found food handlers at some restaurant locations who have tested positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella.
The state is now requiring Subway food handlers linked to the outbreak to have two consecutive test results that are negative before returning to work. There are fears of a secondary outbreak because food handlers can inadvertently pass the bacteria to restaurant patrons, causing them to become sick.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, older adults and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In some cases, the organism can get into the bloodstream and produce arterial infections such as endocarditis and reactive arthritis, or Reiter’s syndrome.
