Drew Falkenstein joined Marler Clark in January, 2004 and has concentrated his practice in representing victims of foodborne illness. He has litigated nationwide against some of the biggest food corporations in the world, including Dole, Kellogg's, a
We cannot rely on beef and fresh produce companies to police themselves. Restaurants are sometimes inept, caring more about customer count than safety. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Raw milk folk are certainly wedded to their cause. I was present at the California Legislature in January 2008 when one to two hundred people paraded to the podium to
In late August 2009, patrons of Mi Ranchito restaurant in Lenexa, Kansas, began falling ill.
Their symptoms included severe nausea and vomiting. Part of the mystery surrounding the outbreak of
Nobody wants a recall. Nobody wants to make people sick. Generally, food manufacturers do have safeguards in place–some more than others–to avoid outbreaks of foodborne disease and the
I wrote “An Introduction to Liability, Negligence, and All Things In Between” for the Legal Briefs column in the September, 2005 Journal of Environmental Health. The article breaks down elements
“Immunities and Defenses for Allegedly Negligent Inspections” appeared in the November, 2005 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health, and was a follow-up to my previous article, “An Introduction to
