Food Poisoning: It Can be More Than a Tummy Ache
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Customers Who Get Sick It can be more than a tummy ache
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As the leading food poisoning attorney in the U.S., Bill Marler has seen many times the sometimes dire reality of illnesses such as E. coli, Salmonella, or Campylobacter. In this presentation Marler shares a collection of victims' stories that show the high costs associated with serious foodborne illness.
Transcript of Food Poisoning: It Can be More Than a Tummy Ache
- 1. Customers Who Get SickIt can be more than a tummy
ache
- 2. To Put Things in Perspective
According to the CDC, microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 48 million case of human illness annually in the United States
125,000 hospitalized
3,000 deaths
Foodborne Illness in United States cost $152,000,000,000 yearly PEW
That cost includes doctor and hospital visits, medications, lost wages and productivity, functional disabilities, and death
It does not include recall cost, price of litigation or loss of reputation - 3. Stephanie Smith Before
20-year-old Dance Instructor
High School Graduate
Running Three Just for KixDance Studios
Boyfriend looking forward to marriage and children - 4. Stephanie Smith After
E. coli O157:H7 after eating hamburger
Hospitalized September 27, 2007 June 18, 2008
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Stroke leaving her brain injured and unable to walk
Acute Kidney Failure Two months of dialysis will require multiple transplants
Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder
Will not have children
Past Medical Expenses $1,886,434.92
Future Care Costs $29,445.688
Wage Loss $1,229,085.00 - 5. Stephanie Smiths Life
- 6. Mari Tardiff Before
Married 20 years and mother of two teenage boys
Public Health Nurse
Active, Athletic - 7. Mari Tardiff After
Campylobacter jejunileading to GullainBarre Syndrome from raw milk
Hospitalized June 15, 2008 November 1, 2008
Hallucinations, Paralysis Quadriplegia - with feeling, Unable to Speak
Past Medical Bills $841,797.95
Future Medical Expenses - $4,252,612.00
Future Wage Loss $1,020,00.00 - 8. Mari Tardiffs Life
- 9. Linda Rivera Before
Wife, Mother of Six
Worked with Disabled Children
Dedicated Sports Mom - 10. Linda Rivera After
E. coli O157:H7 Cookies
Hospitalized May 3, 2009 May 20, 2011
Large Intestine Removed
Stroke
Mechanical Ventilation
Multiple Septic Infections
Missed Three Kids Graduations
Dialysis, Plasma Exchange
Congestive Heart Failure
Hospice Care Suggested Multiple Times
Liver Failure
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Dialysis
Dr. Siegler: Linda has survived the severest multi-organ (bowel, kidney, brain, lung, gall bladder, pancreas and liver) E. coli case I have seen in my extensive experience.
Medical Bills to date $5,537,755.03
Future Care Costs $26,289.768.00 to $61,769,699.00 - 11. Linda Riveras Life
- 12. Short Life and Untimely Death of Abby
- 13. There is Never Enough Money
Not one of us would wish this on anyone else - 14. Questions?
