Listeria contamination results in wrongful death lawsuit

Listeria contamination results in wrongful death lawsuit

A Memphis, TN, resident — whose wife died of listeria monocytogenes meningitis after eating hot dogs contaminated with the listeria bacteria — has reportedly filed the first wrongful death lawsuit in the nation arising from the recent outbreak traced to contaminated meat products produced at Sara Lee`s Bil Mar manufacturing plant in Zeeland, MI. Laboratory tests identified the same unique strain of the listeria bacteria in both the plaintiff`s deceased wife and in unopened meat products from Sara Lee. (See related story, page 39.) — TGW

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