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Pritzker Law Firm Has Been Retained to Represent Victim of E. coli Outbreak Linked to Kroger Ground Beef

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The national food safety law firm of Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates has been retained to represent 20 year-old Zachary Everhart from Pickerington, Ohio in connection with injuries he received as a result of consuming Kroger hamburger contaminated with the dangerous foodborne pathogen, E. coli O157:H7.

Everhart’s illness was confirmed by genetic testing. The strain of E. coli O157:H7 found in his stool sample matched the outbreak strain found in stool samples from other victims in Ohio and Michigan and from hamburger purchased at a Kroger store in Ohio.

Everhart’s symptoms initially included cramping and diarrhea. He subsequently developed bloody diarrhea and vomiting. He required hospitalization.

Everhart is represented by the national food safety law firm of Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P.A. located in Minneapolis, MN. The firm has been involved in most of the major foodborne illness outbreak involving E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and other dangerous pathogens and has collected millions on behalf of foodborne illness survivors and the families of people killed by foodborne illness.

Attorney Fred Pritzker, who represents Mr. Everhart, has called on Kroger to pay for the medical expenses incurred by him and other victims of this outbreak. Pritzker has also called on Kroger to promptly identify the distributor and producer of the adulterated meat implicated in this outbreak and to quickly release the results of its internal investigation into this crisis. “The public deserves corporate responsibility and transparency from Kroger now that its product has been implicated,” Pritzker said.  

If you have been diagnosed with E. coli O157:H7 from this or other outbreaks, please contact Senior Partner, Fred Pritzker toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, via email at fhp@pritzkerlaw.com  or on the web at www.pritzkerlaw.com.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).