Another Lawsuit filed in peanut butter case
A part-time Pinellas County Florida resident filed a $5 million class action federal lawsuit against ConAgra Foods and Wal-Mart stores because of a salmonella outbreak believed to be caused by peanut butter products three weeks ago. Marion Caldarera filed the lawsuit on behalf of her and more than 500 others who ate tainted peanut butter processed by ConAgra in Sylvester, Ga., and sold by retailers across the country. According to public records, ConAgra has been sued 12 times since the outbreak was announced and the second such filed in Florida. A Palm Beach man filed a class action lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida on Feb. 23. Caldarera’s attorney, Edward Zebersky of Hollywood said she has suffered classic symptoms of salmonella poisoning for weeks.
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