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Pritzker Files Suit in Memphis Salmonella Outbreak

By PritzkerLaw

Pritzker Olsen attorneys, one of the nation's leading food safety law firms, has filed a Memphis Salmonella lawsuit in Shelby County Circuit Court in Tennessee on behalf of a husband and wife who ate food catered from A&R Bar-B-Q restaurant of Hickory Hill Road.

Toby and Shandalin Taylor of Memphis were organizers and attendees of the 2009 Harston Family Reunion, which featured a picnic for more than 150 extended family members at Shelby Farms Park on July 10. A&R catered the event with pork shoulder, BBQ spaghetti, chicken, coleslaw and bread.

The lawsuit alleges Toby Taylor contracted Salmonella from one of the offerings -- an alleged case of negligence, recklessness and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Law. He was one of more than two dozen people whom health officials say contracted the disease after eating A&R food around July 10 and 11.

The suit was filed Friday by local Memphis counsel Jason Whitworth. Pritzker Olsen is accepting additional cases from others sickened in the outbreak. Contact the lawyer who is currently working on our Memphis Salmonella BBQ lawsuit at  1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free), email Fred Pritzker at fhp@pritzkerlaw.com or complete our online case consultation form.

"This case points to the tragedy of foodborne illness - a joyful event marred by sickness and a business facing significant loss because of failure to comply with basic sanitation,'' said Fred Pritzker, founder and president of Pritzker Olsen. "There are no winners, only losers.''

Pritzker Olsen is one of the few law firms in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation. The firm is involved as an advocate for victims in practically every major outbreak of food poisoning, including the peanut product Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that killed nine people and sickened more than 700. That outbreak prompted passage this week in the U.S. House of Representatives of sweeping food safety reform. In the peanut product outbreak, Pritzker is representing the families of three women who died from the outbreak strain of Salmonella.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on August 01, 2009 (boomark / email).