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Contact Siegfried & Jensen to speak to experienced Salt Lake City, Utah-area personal injury attorneys. If you have suffered from food poisoning or E. coli contamination, you may have a case.
Siegfried & Jensen
5664 South Green St.
Murray, Utah 84123
Phone: 1-866-883-5350
Fax: 1-801-266-1338
Legal standards have been established to protect consumers from dangerous food products, but contamination remains all too common. Unsafe practices on the part of food service workers, distributors, and producers are responsible for cases of food poisoning and E. coli contamination all over the United States. Consumers are entitled to safe food products, and our Salt Lake City, Utah–area firm provides personal injury attorneys who know how to defend consumer rights.
The term "food poisoning" is used to refer to most instances of foodborne illness. Most of these cases are not strictly poisoning, since they are generally caused by foodborne infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Poisonous chemicals are also sometimes responsible.
Food poisoning is grounds for a lawsuit when a plaintiff's personal injury attorneys can show that the food product provided to their client caused illness, which in turn caused damage through loss of wages, permanent injury, hospital bills, or some other mechanism.
Many types of food poisoning have lasting negative health effects, forcing victims to deal with the repercussions for months or years. It is important to hold the responsible parties liable in order to maintain good health standards both locally and nationally. If you have contracted a foodborne illness, speak to one of the Salt Lake City, Utah-area personal injury attorneys at Siegfried & Jensen to learn more about your legal options.
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Escherichia coli is a species of bacteria located in the digestive tracts of most mammals, including humans. While E. coli bacteria are common, they are also responsible for occasional cases of serious illness. E. coli has been shown to cause urinary tract infections, meningitis, peritonitis, mastitis, and septicemia, among other illnesses. All of these conditions are serious and generally require the attention of a doctor.
E. coli infection most often occurs when a food service worker fails to follow appropriate personal hygiene practices. This type of infection is the legal responsibility of the food service provider, and many are successfully sued each year by personal injury attorneys. Fast food chains are particularly likely to spread E. coli contamination as a result of their high-volume output, but agricultural producers and distributors are also common culprits.
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Contaminated food affects victims throughout the United States. Victims in Salt Lake City and throughout Utah are encouraged to contact the personal injury attorneys at Siegfried & Jensen for further information.
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