Attorney William Marler

Attorney William Marler is a partner at Marler Clark, the law firm that issued a class action lawsuit on behalf of people who reported getting sick after eating contaminated peanut butter. Since 1993, Bill Marler has represented thousands of victims of E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter and Norovirus foodborne illnesses. As a trial lawyer, Bill has been involved in several cases of national importance.

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Update on FDA’s List of Food Recalled From The Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak of 2009

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Browse > Home / Post of the Day / Update on FDA’s List of Food Recalled From The Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak of 2009 January 27, 2009 Update on FDA’s List of Food Recalled From The Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak of 2009. FDA has determined that PCA distributed potentially contaminated product to more than 70 consignee firms, for use as an ingredient in hundreds of different products, such as cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and ice cream. Companies all over the country that received product from PCA have issued voluntary recalls of their products. FDA has created a searchable database for these products, which can ... Read Full Story

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Obama administration takes action on food safety

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday ordered tougher steps to curb salmonella and E.coli contamination in U.S. food processing plants and created a new deputy food commissioner post to coordinate safety in the wake of a salmonella outbreak. The administration, concerned by delays in identifying the source of the salmonella contamination that sickened more than 700 people in 46 states earlier this year, also moved to create a better tracing system for identifying the origin of foodborne illnesses. The actions, to be unveiled by the administration at an event on Tuesday, were based on recommendations from a Food Safety Working Group created ... Read Full Story

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2009 Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak-Per The FDA

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Browse > Home / Featured / 2009 Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak-Per The FDA January 27, 2009 2009 Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak-Per The FDA, As of January 26, 2009. A combination of epidemiological analysis and laboratory testing by state officials in Minnesota and Connecticut, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have enabled FDA to confirm that the sources of the outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Typhimurium are peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant. Peanut butter is sold by PCA in ... Read Full Story

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Minnesota man's family sues over his death

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The family of a 78-year-old man whose death may be linked to the widespread peanut butter salmonella outbreak has sued an Ohio company in connection with his death. The family of Clifford Tousignant filed the lawsuit against Kanan Enterprises, owner of the King Nut peanut butter brand, on Monday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Marler Clark — a Seattle-based law firm specializing in food-borne illnesses — and Minneapolis-based Jardine, Logan & O'Brien are representing the family. According to the complaint, the Brainerd, Minn., man consumed King Nut peanut butter while in a nursing home in December. He tested positive for salmonella a short ... Read Full Story

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PB&S

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The salmonella-tainted peanut butter was released into the market by a processor who allegedly knew that the food was tainted. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that on 12 occasions in 2007 and 2008, Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) sent out peanut butter and peanut paste (ground roasted peanuts used in baked goods and candies sold in supermarkets) even though it knew there was salmonella in the ingredients or finished products, officials said yesterday during a press briefing (click on the Jan. 27, 2009 hyperlink for a PDF of the transcript). “The firm, as part of their own internal testing program, identified some ... Read Full Story

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E. coli Lawsuit Filed Against Fairbank Farms on Behalf of Maine Woman by...

PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As news broke that more Maine residents may be infected with E. coli from Fairbank Farms ground beef, an Augusta woman severely sickened in the E. coli outbreak has filed suit against the company. The lawsuit was filed in the Maine District Court by the plaintiff’s attorneys, Bill Marler of foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark, and Peter Felmley of the Portland firm Drummond, Woodsum, & MacMahon. On October...

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Marler Clark Sues Meat Companies on Behalf of Children Stricken with E. coli

E. coli lawsuits were filed today in Plymouth County Superior Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on behalf of two children who recently became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after consuming contaminated ground beef produced by two different companies. The lawsuits were filed against Brockton, Mass.-based Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing, Inc., doing business as South Shore Meats Inc., and Ashville, NY-based Fairbank Farms, Inc. Both...

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Salmonella found at Missouri Peanut Butter Plant

Another link between Salmonella and peanut butter is making headlines. Food Safety News reports that the East Wind Community Inc., a 36-year-old commune located in the Missouri Ozarks, has an issue with Salmonella in its nut butter manufacturing facility. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), inspectors collected samples from the plant; laboratory [...]

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Outbreak Victims to Sue OK Restaurant

Food Safety NewsOutbreak Victims to Sue OK RestaurantFood Safety NewsThe Oklahomans filing the lawsuit are represented by Paul Blevins of the Blevins Law Firm in Pryor, OK; and William Marler of the Marler Clark law firm in ...

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$12 Million Set Aside for PCA's Victims

$12 Million Set Aside for PCA's VictimsFood Safety NewsHis Marler Clark law firm represents more than 100 families with Salmonella-related claims against PCA, including the survivors of three of the fatalities. ...

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