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Salmonella Victims Should Come First

MEDINA, Ohio –  I represent the families of three elderly women who died as a result of complications from Salmonella contracted from peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).

 These blameless seniors managed to survive all the vagaries of age, disease and…

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Meet Nellie Napier

The ninth person in the United States to die in the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak was an 80-year-old mother of six children who she raised on her own as low-wage factory worker in Ohio.

She was a devoted Cleveland Indians fan and…

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PritzkerOlsen Client Testifies in Washington

Less than two months after losing his mother to Salmonella poisoning, Minnesotan Jeffrey Almer captivated a congressional subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday with harsh criticisms of America’s food safety regulation and of the company that sickened his mother with contaminated peanut…

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Food Safety Needs Shot of Political Will

My law firm, Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., represents the families of two people who died and many people who were injured in the ongoing peanut butter and peanut paste Salmonella outbreak that has sickened over 500 people and killed at least…

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Second Peanut Butter Salmonella Wrongful Death Suit To Be Filed

Less than two weeks after filing the nation’s first wrongful death lawsuit in the ongoing, peanut butter-related Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak, Minneapolis-based Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., has been retained by the family of the late Doris Flatgard to file a second…

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CDC Sees Possible Link With 2007 Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak

>In Thursday’s lengthy synopsis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the current investigation into the ongoing Salmonella outbreak, there was a fleeting mention of an intriguing finding.

Pritzker | Olsen review of the document noticed that the CDC said it is taking a…

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Third Minnesota Death in Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak

Minnesota health officials say a third nursing home resident in the state has died after becoming infected with the same strain of Salmonella Typhimurium bacteria that is causing hundreds of illnesses nationwide.

The woman, in her 80s, is the seventh person in…

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Peanut Corporation Facing Lawsuit

As the number of food companies involved in the peanut butter Salmonella recall grows, the company that produced the potentially contaminated ingredients is facing legal action from the heirs of a Minnesota woman whose death is associated with the outbreak.

Fred Pritzer initiated…

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