Minnesota Egg Lawyer in the News
News coverage of a Minnesota egg lawsuit has put national food safety attorney Fred Pritzker in the headlines as more Americans try to grasp the importance of a Salmonella egg outbreak associated with more than 1,460 illnesses across the country.
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Minnesota egg lawyer Fred Pritzker has been featured in recent stories by the Star Tribune newspaper, NBC-TV affiliate KARE11 and United Press International for coverage of the egg lawsuit he recently filed in Beltrami County on behalf of Robin and Kenneth Shaffer of Mantorville, Minnesota.
Robin contracted Salmonellosis from egg ingredients she consumed at Mi Rancho Restaurant in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her case and the illnesses of six other Mi Rancho customers led to a Minnesota Department of Health investigation that traced the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis to Hillandale Farms of Iowa.
The finding led to the expansion of a massive egg recall started by Wright County Egg, also of Iowa. Together, the two firms have recalled more than half a billion eggs and have been associated with the largest Salmonella outbreak in the United States since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began surveillance in the 1970s.
Attorney Pritzker told KARE11 that he is also working on egg lawsuits for 20 to 25 other clients from across the country. He said he is hoping to get court permission to have his own experts begin inspections of the egg farms "as soon as possible.".
Robin Shaffer, who missed six days of work during her illness, has said that her bout with Salmonella affects her to this day. "I'm scared to eat. I'm scared to buy food. I'm scared to go out to eat. I'm scared for my family every time I fix food. And I'm angry. This didn't have to happen,'' she told the television station.
In the Star Tribune, food industry reporter Mike Hughlett has led strong coverage of egg litigation and the investigations of the Iowa mega-farms. He noted that Pritzker's egg lawsuit not only names Mi Rancho as a respondent, but also Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg.
Said Pritzker to the Star Tribune: "We're getting complaints like crazy'' from people sickened by contaminated eggs.
PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is a national food safety law firm involved in practically every major outbreak of foodborne illness -- always on behalf of victims. The firm has not only collected millions for victims of food poisoning over the years, but it remains actively involved in efforts to prevent outbreaks and strengthen food safety laws to keep deadly pathogens out of our grocery supply.
To contact Fred Pritzker, call 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page. The firm is learning more about this complicated outbreak through its own investigation and it continues to accept Salmonella egg cases against all purveyors of this tainted food.
