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The Kroger Company, a large grocery store chain, has been named in a second lawsuit for last month’s E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio. An Ohio resident filed the lawsuit after contracting E. coli from ground beef purchased at a Kroger store. As a result of the E. Coli, the man experienced severe intestinal problems, and though a recall was ordered of over 500,000 pounds of beef, the injuries experienced are allegedly a result of Kroger’s negligence.

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Certain cans of hot dog chili sauce have been linked to four cases of botulism. The last cases of botulism in the U.S. date back to the 1970s. Botulism is caused by a toxin made by a bacterium and is a muscle-paralyzing disease. The paralysis can lead to the inability to breathe unless supported by a ventilator or eventually death. Symptoms of botulism include double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth and muscle weakness that moves down the body. It is important to discard all of the recalled cans and not open them. Even if the toxin just contacts your skin, you could become ill.

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Two people who came down with salmonella food poisoning after eating hummus from Pars Cove restaurant at the Taste of Chicago have recently filed a personal injury lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the Lakeview restaurant failed to properly inspect, store, package, or otherwise prepare the food in a manner that caused them to get sick. One of the two named plaintiffs claims that she became sick the day after she went to the Taste. She began to believe that her symptoms were not merely flu related when vomiting, diarrhea, and fever grew worse over the course of another three days. When her family doctor sent her to the hospital, her illness was confirmed as salmonella food poisoning. The woman is currently taking antibiotics to fight the salmonella, but she has not yet been able to work over the last two weeks.

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Reports of food poisoning resulting from food eaten at a booth during the Taste of Chicago continue. The source of the food poisoning and salmonellosis has been tracked down to the hummus served by Pars Cove restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. City officials have disclosed that 32 cases of salmonella poisoning have been confirmed while there have been reports of almost four hundred people who have complained of salmonella-like symptoms. Symptoms of salmonella include nausea, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea within 6 to 72 hours of exposure. The Lakeview area restaurant has been ordered to stop serving its hummus in its restaurant until a full investigation is completed.

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When two Missouri children became sick after eating negligently prepared hamburgers from McDonald's restaurants, their families wanted to file their personal injury suit McDonald's in the county where the children were hospitalized. However, a recent Missouri Supreme Court decision stated that the families must file their food poisoning lawsuit in the counties in which the specific restaurants were located.

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