Second Salmonella Death in Rhode Island
The DeFusco's outbreak in Rhode Island has led to a second Salmonella death. Lawyer Fred Pritzker is investigating the tragic outbreak and is accepting cases for a DeFusco's Bakery lawsuit. He has already called on DeFusco's to immediately pay the out-of-pocket expenses of the more than 65 victims and their families until the totality of claims can be settled or worked out in litigation.
Salmonella infection, or salmonellosis, should not be taken lightly and people who suspect they have it should immediately see a doctor. In some cases there are chronic consequences. Arthritic symptoms may follow 3-4 weeks after onset of acute symptoms. One of the most severe and painful complications is reactive arthritis, or Reiter's Syndrome. For the sake of victims, long-term consequences of these poisonings must be considered when holding the bakery accountable.
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Most recent information from the Rhode Island Department of Health is that 66 people have been sickened, including 28 who were hospitalized. The first person to die with Salmonella during the outbreak was a man in his 80s from Providence County. The second Salmonella death happened to a man in his 90s, also from Providence County. While many people sickened in the outbreak are residents of nursing homes, these two men weren't, according to the Providence Journal newspaper.
DeFusco's Bakery in Johnston closed down, and its products were recalled, on March 25 after a Health Department inspection found many food-safety violations. Investigators have linked the outbreak to cream-filled zeppoles. The violations included storing empty, baked pastry shells in cardboard boxes that formerly held trays of raw eggs. Tests later found evidence of Salmonella in the boxes.
To contact Fred for a free case consultation, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete our Salmonella lawyer contact form. National food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is one of the very few legal groups in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we have collected tens of millions of dollars for victims of food poisoning over the years. Our attorneys also are actively involved in multiple efforts to prevent outbreaks of foodborne disease and to stop the spread of pathogens in our food supply.
