Food Poisoning Lawyers And Ecoli Hus Attorneys Discuss The Escheerichia Coli Poisoning And Ecoli Out

By: Raymond L.Henke
Food poisoning lawyers serve their clients who have sustained serious illness, complications, and resulting permanent health consequences resulting from exposure to any of the large number of bacteria that may be found in a variety of foods, most commonly pre-cooked or ready-made foods such as luncheon meat or hot dogs, or green produce such as lettuce or spinach that may have been improperly processed or contaminated in packaging, or foods inadequately cooked at restaurants. Examples of the variety of bacteria that can result in serious food poisoning illness include Escheerichia coli O157:H7, commonly referred to as E coli or Ecoli, Listeria, Botulism, Campylobacter, Norovirus, Salmonella and Shigella.

These cases of bacterial illness can be presented to food poisoning lawyers as incidents of only a single infected individual or group of individuals exposed to the bacteria, as where they may consume the food at a family meal or restaurant; or food poisoning attorneys may be presented with hundreds of cases, where, for example, contaminated food, such as luncheon meat, or contaminated spinich or lettuce, is distributed in large quantities to grocery stores often across the country, in several states.

A discussion of all the many food poisoning illnesses and the food poisoning lawyers strategies for prosecuting the cases is necessarily beyond the scope of this article. What we will do below is discuss one common illness, Ecoli, and its serious consequences, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, HUS, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, TTP, and will discuss one recent outbreak of Ecoli poisoning from contaminated spinach, grown in California, largely distributed through a California company, repackaged into retail products by other food distributors and then sold at retail by grocery stores accross the country. For a more complete discussion of food poisoning illness, you may wish to consult Our California Food Poisoning Lawyers Discussion of Ecoli, Listeria, Botulism, Campylobacter, Norovirus, Salmonella and Shigella

Limiting here the discussion to the food poisoning lawyers approch to Ecoli illness and HUS and TTP cases, first, it is "Escherichia coli O157:H7" which is commonly referred to by food poisoning lawyers as E. coli or Ecoli. Escherichia coli is a class of ordinary bacteria. The Ecoli bacterium is represented by hundreds of different "strains." E coli is everywhere, indeed, it is present in the lower digestive tract of all humans and mammals. Indeed, the bacterium performs an important function in digestion, essential for human survival.

It is recognized by food poisoning lawyers and TTP and HUS attorneys that it is a specific strain of the E coli bacterium, Escherichia coli O157:H7 which results in the particular toxin which results in human illness, sometimes very serious illness, such as HUS and TTP. The alpha numeric designation, O157:H7, refers to the genetic markers on the surface of this particular strain of the bacterium, distinguishing it from the other benign Ecoli strains.

Exposure to Ecoli O157:H7 in foods can result in very serious illness, including Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, which food poisoning lawyers refer to as HUS. HUS can result in kidney failure and often can require kidney replacement or a lifetime on dialysis. Ecoli O157:H7 exposure can also result in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, commonly referred to by food poisoning lawyers as TTP, which in addition to kidney failure, can result in strokes and other serious neurological effects. Ecoli illness can also result in acute renal failure and death.

It is also recognized by food poisoning attorneys that there are a variety of food products that are most commonly contaminated with the deadly Ecoli strain, which include ground beef that may be undercooked at home or at a restaurant, salamis, milk or juice that is unpasturized, as well as lettuce, spinach, and sprouts. The most recent large outbreak of Ecoli illness of 2006 was found to result from contaminated California grown lettuce.

Large food poisoning outbreaks are investigated by the Centers for Disease Control, and the investigations conducted can provide invaluable evidence for use by food poisoning lawyers in the prosecution of outbreak cases. The CDC will interview those infected, identify the foods they ate which may be the common denominator, the common cause of the outbreak illness, and examine foods left over in refrigerators, or on the grocery store shelves, where available, to perform testing to identify this deadly strain of the bacterium.

The number of those infected will be disclosed by the CDC. From the CDC web site, as of September 24, 2006, it was recorded 173 individuals had been infected as the result of exposure to the California lettuce, involving Ecoli illness in 25 states, by reason of the nationwide distribution of the contaminated spinach.

To provide a sense of the seriousness of the 2006 Spinach Ecoli outbreak, the CDC data disclosed that 53 percent of those identified as having suffered Ecoli illness as the result of this one outbreak required hospitalization, another 16 percent contracted HUS, and one died. Most were children or the elderly, who are more susceptible to Ecoli infection.

Also helpful to food poisoning lawyers, in addition to the involved California farms, the CDC identified the principle distributor, Natural Selection Foods, LLC, of San Juan Bautista, California, as well as the secondary distributors, and retailers, permitting the attorneys to identify all potential defendants in the chain of commerce.

In individual food poisoning litigation the Ecoli HUS lawyers must conduct sometimes intensive investigation to identify the source of the exposure to the bacterium which caused the client's illness. Some food poisoning lawyers will have taken the course in food management offered for those who want to become Certified Food Managers in order to supplement their knowledge and experience in complex litigation with education specific to food management. Food poisoning lawyers in outbreak cases and individual cases must also be trial lawyers, experienced in presenting the expert testimony to present both the "liability" case, and the "damages" case, in which the client's illness, complications, sometimes debilitating health consequences, loss of enjoyment of life, past and future medical expenses and past and future loss of earnings resulting from the illness must be competently presented to assure that the client is fairly compensated.


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Family Law In The Uk: Common Law Husband/wife Myths.

By: Thomas A. Griffiths
Common Law Husband/Common Law Wife - The continuing Myth. Contrary to popular and long held belief, common law husbands and wives have not been recognised in English family law for many hundreds of years.

The Myth is as persistent as the claims made for the status of a common law husband or wife.

Living with a partner does not entitle you to acquire rights against them.

A number of sad injustices have arisen as a result. Women, and it is generally women, who have lived with their partner for many years, had children by them but as the house is in the man’s name have not been able to make any claim after their relationship has broken down.

Likewise, a Court does not have the ability to Order maintenance payments. The Child Support Agency can compel the absent parent to make maintenance payments to the parent who has the everyday care of the child or children but not for the adult.

There is some good news however and that is that sometimes a Court will decide that even though one party does not have their name on the Title Deeds to a house, they should be entitled to some portion of the property. The reasons are very technical and are based on Trust Law. We do not have the space or even the inclination to go into that at the moment but if you are a cohabiting party whose relationship has broken down, you should contact us to see whether or not there is any claim that can be made.

Courts can also resolve disputes between the parties in relation to jointly owned properties and other assets. What happens is generally decided on what documents are signed and what written agreements are in existence but again there are some exceptions, you will need to contact us to find out whether you fall into that category.

Pre-Nuptial Agreement - Myth. Pre-nuptial agreements are binding. This is untrue. They are not binding in English law although they can be taken into account in certain circumstances. Family law solicitors can advise you on these agreements but you should be warned that the longer the subsequent marriage the less notice the Court will take of the agreement. When children come along you can virtually throw the agreement out of the window. However, there are exceptions and those excepts are
(a) when both parties have received independent legal advice;
(b) there is full financial disclosure;
(c) the agreement is fair;
(d) there should be as no duress.
Most people who enter marriage do not expect to be divorced and the pre-nuptial agreement is hardly ever entered into but those who are marrying for a second time and who have substantial assets may feel that it is appropriate for them.

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Thomas A. Griffiths, a qualified family law solicitor. Additional information about family law services is available at Mcaras Solicitors website.

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