Court Denies Motion to Sever Charges Against Stewart Parnell

A federal court in Georgia has denied a motion to sever the criminal charges
filed against the former owner of the Peanut Corp. of America, linked to
a 2009 nationwide Salmonella outbreak, from charges filed against other
company employees. United States v. Parnell, No. 13-cr-12 (M.D.
Ga., order entered April 24, 2014). Information about a hearing conducted to
assess the reliability of the defendant’s proffered expert—retained to testify
about Stewart Parnell’s purported Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder—
appears in Issue 517 of this Update. The court has also continued an April 28
status conference in light of a previous ruling rescheduling the trial.

Issue 521