ConAgra E. coli O157:H7 Litigation
In the summer of 2002, an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak was traced to ground beef produced at the ConAgra meat-packing plant in Greeley Colorado. ConAgra recalled over 18 million pounds of ground beef, but at least 46 people became ill with E. coli infections as part of this outbreak, and one woman died.
Marler Clark represented most of the victims of the outbreak, including the family of Patricia Pfoutz, the woman who died after consuming E. coli-contaminated ground beef produced by ConAgra.
ConAgra eventually acknowledged that its meat was contaminted with E. coli O157:H7 and settled all of the claims Marler Clark brought on behalf of victims and their families.
More about the ConAgra ground beef E. coli outbreak is available in the Case News section of the site.