I think these people are nuts and if I were judge, this suit would be tossed.
sent from Ann's IPAD On May 31, 2012, at 1:00 AM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/30/11958489-8-week-old-baby-sickened-by-dry-dog-food-lawsuit-claims?lite > > > > A New Jersey father who claims his 8-week-old son was sickened by > salmonella-tainted dry dog food is suing the maker of the recalled product > and Costco, the store that sold it. > > Lawyers for Nevin Eisenberg, 37, of Marlboro, N.J., filed a lawsuit last week > in federal court in New Jersey alleging that products made by Diamond Pet > Food Processors of Gaston, S.C., landed the infant in the hospital with an > infection caused by a rare strain of salmonella Infantis.“He was really > worried, really freaking out,” said Elliot L. Olsen, an attorney representing > Eisenberg. > > That’s the same salmonella strain identified in an outbreak that has sickened > 15 people in nine states and another in Canada, according to the Centers for > Disease Control and Prevention. The lawsuit appears to be the first linked to > the outbreak tied to the recall of nearly a dozen brands of dry pet food > manufactured by Diamond Pet Food Processors, including several of Costco > Wholesale Corp.'s Kirkland Signature brands of dog and cat food. The pet food > was distributed in dozens of U.S. states, mostly in the east and south, > several Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico. For details, click here. > > In Eisenberg’s case, the child identified only as C.A.E. developed severe > diarrhea, fever and loss of appetite. “Moreover, he was in obvious pain and > was extremely uncomfortable,” the suit claims. > > The child’s parents took him to a pediatrician, who sent the child > immediately to the emergency room at St. Peter's University Hospital. He was > hospitalized for three days. Tests of stool samples were positive for > salmonella, later confirmed by Monmouth County, N.J., Health Department > officials to be salmonella Infantis. “They were really worried, especially > when they saw the child was sick enough to be hospitalized,” Olsen said. > > It is not clear how the child may have contracted the illness, Olsen said. > The father had been buying bulk bags of Costco dry food at a store in > Morganville, N.J., for months for the family’s two dogs, Bailey, an 85-pound > retriever mix, and Gracie, a 15-pound rat terrier mix. The dogs did not get > sick. > > Samples of the family’s pet food sent to Monmouth County for laboratory > analysis did not test positive for salmonella, Olsen said. He suggested that > the contamination with the rare salmonella strain could have come from an > earlier batch. > > The contamination was detected in April when routine tests by Michigan > agriculture officials detected salmonella in an unopened bag of Diamond > Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice dry dog food. Public health investigators then used > the CDC's PulseNet service to identify recent cases of human illness with a > genetic fingerprint that matched the strain found in the bag of dry food. > > Diamond Pet Food officials did not answer calls seeking comment on how much > of the recalled food has been returned. > > CDC officials said people can transmit salmonella germs after contact with > contaminated pet food or pets. Salmonella can be shed in the stool of pets > for four to six weeks after infections. Health officials are urging consumers > to check their homes for recalled pet food and discard it promptly in sealed > containers to prevent other animals from accessing it. Pet owners should wash > their hands thoroughly with soap and running water after contact with animals > or their food. > > Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. Most > cases resolve on their own, but in children, the elderly and those with > compromised immune systems, hospitalization may be necessary. > > The baby is recovering, Olsen said, but such a young child will have to be > closely watched for signs of organ damage after a severe infection. > > Nearly 1,000 dogs now sick from jerky treats, FDA reports say: > > http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/22/11798368-nearly-1000-dogs-now-sick-from-jerky-treats-fda-reports-say?lite > >
