Tag: West Virginia
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Punitive Damages Added to Tainted Peanut Butter Claims; Criminal Investigation Launched
Food litigator William Marler has reportedly filed an amended complaint on behalf of a Vermont couple whose son was allegedly sickened and hospitalized following ingestion of a product containing Salmonella-tainted peanut butter. Meunier v. Peanut Corp. of Am., No. 09-12 (M.D. Ga., first amended complaint filed January 28, 2009). The plaintiffs are now seeking punitive damages for…