Lombard Subway Shigella Outbreak Not Unlike 2007 Norovirus Outbreak
The number of illnesses associated with the Lombard Subway Shigella outbreak is approaching 100 two weeks after the restaurant at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road closed its doors at the urging of the DuPage County Health Department.
A spokesman for the health department told Nation's Restaurant News that 11 people have been hospitalized in the outbreak, which started in late February.
A Subway shigellosis lawsuit filed by national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen alleges that the food poisoning outbreak was caused by improper hand washing and food handling. Investigation has determined that certain food workers at the restaurant tested positive for Shigella..jpg)
Pritzker Olsen has been contacted by more than 50 victims in the Illinois Subway Shigella outbreak and is preparing additional lawsuits. To contact a Shigella litigation attorney at the firm, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page.
Our law firm has direct and immediate experience representing victims in Subway food poisoning litigation. We currently represent 16 people who were sickened by Norovirus bacteria after the Subway restaurant in Roseville, Minnesota, catered sandwiches for a workplace luncheon on November 26, 2007. Eighteen of 25 co-workers fell sick after the lunch with diarrhea, vomiting, fever, stomach cramps and other symptoms and the number of illnesses grew to 21.
The Minnesota Department of Health conducted an investigation along with officials from Ramsey County Environmental Health. Stool samples confirmed there was Norovirus infection and investigators determined through interviews of nine Subway employees that two were sick with gastrointestinal illness during the time period investigated.
In both the Lombard Subway outbreak and the Roseville Subway outbreak, the most plausible source of contamination was ill foodworkers. Contact Pritzker Olsen law firm for more information.
