Judge Orders Distribution of $12 Million Peanut Corporation of America Bankruptcy Fund
PritzkerOlsen, P.A., a national Salmonella litigation law firm, obtained a settlement for several victims of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) peanuts and three families who lost loved ones in the outbreak. The firm represented the families of more people killed in the PCA outbreak than any other law firm in the United States.
Shortly after being linked to the outbreak, PCA filed for bankruptcy, along with its subsidiaries, Plainview Peanut Co. LLC and Tidewater Blanching Co. LLC..
In October of 2009, a $12 million fund to pay victims of the Peanut Corp. of America Salmonella outbreak was established by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge William E. Anderson. At the time, there were 175 claims for illnesses. Attorney Fred Pritzker was one of a handful of attorneys representing victims and their families.
Yesterday, Norman K. Moon, United States District Judge in the Western District of Virginia, approved settlement amounts "in their entirety" for the surviving victims and the families of those that died and ordered the bankruptcy trustee to make distributions.
