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We think of Epidemiology especially when it comes to foodborne illness as the shoe-leather
detectives. We represent patients who have been seriously injured. At Marler Clark having
me as the on-staff epidemiologist has enabled the attorneys to clearly distinguish who is
a legitimate case of foodborne illness and who is not. We do not want or need to take
frivolous claims. We typically only take cases that have laboratory confirmation of a foodborne
illness and it must be investigated by health departments. That goes a long way in proving
a case, especially in a foodborne illness outbreak or even in isolated cases we typically
require there by health department investigation. If you have been seriously injured with a
foodborne illness it’s important to document what you’ve consumed in the three to ten
days before you became ill. If symptoms persist you should your doctor. If you have a child
who continues to have diarrhea and it turns bloody, definitely contact the pediatrician
about the child’s illness. We also advocate contacting health departments. If you feel
that you have a foodborne illness especially from a commercial establishment report it
to your local health department, that way they can keep track of your complaint and
if other complaints come in then they will conduct an investigation of the facility.
I think that people come to Marler Clark in order to get answers that they have been unable
to elsewhere. They also seek to recover damages when they’ve been seriously ill. For most
of us when we have a foodborne illness we may miss a day of work, we may miss two days
of work, but for people who have been hospitalized, who have long term consequences of foodborne
illness, have lost a love one or have become seriously injured, they come to us to help
them first of all find out the source of their illness, find out what caused it, and to seek
compensation for the damages and the illnesses they have incurred