E. Coli-Tainted Spinach Suit Settled

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
January 28, 2011

A Utah woman who claims that E. coli-tainted spinach caused her irritable
bowel syndrome and subsequent chronic incapacitation has reportedly
settled her lawsuit against three California-based companies. Chelsey Macey,
26, and her husband were seeking damages in excess of $5 million. A jury
awarded the couple that amount in compensatory damages, but before it
could consider an award for pain and suffering, the parties apparently settled.
The defendants were Dole Food Co., Natural Selection Foods and Mission
Organics. See KSBW.com, January 20, 2011.

Categories: Issue 379, Litigation
Tags: E. coli, pathogen

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E. Coli-Tainted Spinach Suit Settled

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