“Separating the Chaff from the Wheat: How to determine the strength of a foodborne illness claim,” is a paper presented at the May 2005 Defense Research Institute meeting on food liability. In it, Dave Babcock and I use case studies to provide examples for how legitimate foodborne illness claims can be distinguished from illegitimate, or “bogus” claims. We provide information on tools used to evaluate claims at Marler Clark.
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Between March 23 and April 10 this year,
I have spent more than 30 years representing people sickened by contaminated food. I do not often read a speech by an FDA official and find myself agreeing with nearly every line. This week I did.
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