Attorney Fred Pritzker won $4.5 million for a woman who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) from an E. coli infection and won several cases against a large retailer last year. Just this week, he sued Costco on behalf of a food poisoning client. Now Fred and his Bad Bug Law Team are available to help the three women from the Wellesley, Massachusetts, area who have been hospitalized with HUS. Attorney David Szerlag, part of Fred’s team, has an office near Wellesley. He and Fred can meet you at the hospital or wherever it is convenient. Contact Fred for a FREE consultation here.
“HUS-E. coli is almost always caused by contaminated food, and our experience is that this contamination is always preventable,” said Fred. “Our job is to find the wrongdoers and hold them accountable. “
The three HUS victims were all infected with the same strain of E. coli O157:H7 and were admitted to the hospital between May 20 and June 11.
One of the women was admitted with E. coli colitis from an E.coli infection and developed HUS at the hospital. Another woman who was admitted with an E.coli infection developed HUS while at the hospital And the third woman had already developed HUS when she was admitted to the hospital.
Health authorities have not yet identified a food source for the outbreak, but county officials stated that there are rumors the outbreak is associated with a grocery store. Are any of the following Wellesley grocery stores involved in this outbreak: Roche Bros, Fells Market, Donelan’s Supermarket, Whole Foods Market, Wasik’s, Star Market, IGA, Stop and Shop and Walmart? You can contact our E. coli lawyers to investigation your loved one’s HUS-E. coli O157 case.
