CONAGRA NOW SAYS THEIR PEANUT BUTTER IS SAFE, BUT WHAT OF THE PREVIOUS SALMONELLA INJURY VICTIMS
Orange County California: Our office was retained by a recent victim of Salmonella poisoning caused by ingesting peanut butter produced by ConAgra. The case is simple, within an hour of ingesting peanut butter, she had to go to the hospital where she suffered greatly, and if not for the heroics of the hospital staff, she would have died. No one knew what the cause of the illness was until days later when a recall came of the peanut butter she had ingested. When our client's husband checked the jar, opened and used the day of her illness, it was in fact the recalled product. Thank goodness none of their children had ingested the product. We represent victims of personal injury and product liability.
Our office put ConAgra on notice of the claim and tested the product by an independent lab. Testing confirmed the presence of Salmonella. ConAgra did nothing to investigate and ignored our client's claim. Over $25,000 in medical expenses were incurred and one would think ConAgra would do the right thing and adjust the claim. Not so.
