Peanut Products & Salmonella

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Holding Peanut Corporation of American and Other Negligent Companies Responsible for Salmonella Poisoning From Contaminated Peanuts

Did you or someone you love suffer salmonella poisoning after eating contaminated peanut butter, or another peanut product?

Contact us online or call us toll free at 1.800.242.2962 to discuss how we can help you recover for injury and death related to King Nut peanut butter or other food borne illness.

As one of the premier personal injury law firms in the Southeast, Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer is uniquely positioned to handle cases related to the recent peanut butter recall and other product recalls. Our food safety attorneys know how to recover maximum compensation for illness or death caused by salmonella or other food born illnesses.

The Experience Needed to Uncover the Truth

Lawsuits related to contaminated peanut butter and food-borne illnesses involve complicated laws. Uncovering the truth in these types of cases requires extensive investigation, scientific evidence, and expert testimony.

Our law firm has the resources needed to represent those sickened by salmonella from peanut butter processed by the Peanut Corporation of America at its Blakely, Georgia plant. Our Columbus, Georgia office is near PCA's Blakeley processing plant, and our lawyers have experience in the peanut industry on top of their extensive experience as trial lawyers.

Our product liability lawyers have an unmatched record of exposing negligence and establishing liability against companies who make and sell unsafe food and other products. We have obtained many millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients injured by dangerous and defective products. Our experience will serve you well as you seek compensation for your losses and injuries related to the King Nut peanut butter recall or other salmonella outbreaks.

Facts Related to the King Nut Peanut Butter Recall

The Centers for Disease Control, reports that over 600 people became sick after eating peanut butter or peanut products contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium. At least 6 people, mainly elderly nursing home residents, have died.

Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) manufactured the contaminated peanut butter that was the subject of the peanut butter recall. Reports indicate that PCA knowingly put the public at risk by using peanuts that had initially tested positive for the salmonella bacteria. King Nut distributed the five-pound jars of peanut butter mainly to institutions and food services, such as hospitals, schools, nursing homes and cafeterias. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has complied a peanut butter recall list of contaminated peanut products which consumer should avoid.

If you have been injured or you lost a loved one because of salmonella poisoning, you deserve compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering and other losses. At Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer we can handle everything relating to your potential case and help you receive greater compensation than you could alone. Contact us today.

Recovering Losses for Companies Harmed by the Peanut Butter Recall

Companies that have been required to recall products at great loss because of the salmonella problem at Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely, Georgia plant should consider consulting BW&F. This law firm has won the largest verdict in Georgia history, and has collected what is believed to be the largest judgment ever collected in this country, in a business tort case.

Our lawyers have exceptional academic qualifications, experience handling business and products cases, and considerable business experience. We have handled cases involving the peanut industry before. Call 1.800.242.2962 to schedule an appointment with one of our business tort lawyers.

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.