By admin 
A woman who bought tarragon chicken salad wraps at a Myrtle Beach Trader Joe’s is one of two plaintiffs suing the grocery chain after she said she was hospitalized with E. coli. The lawsuit comes amid a multistate outbreak the FDA has linked to chicken wraps.
Read more LGBT community, Graham camp irked over Andrews ad on transgender surgery for minors
FULL STORY: Lawsuit claims wrap sold at Trader Joe’s in SC caused woman’s hospitalization Here are key takeaways:
Read more 2 businesses are set to open in the former Sears at Haywood Mall: What to know
- Attorneys at Marler Clark filed the suit on behalf of Gayle Gottlieb of Pembroke, North Carolina, and Meaghan Egan Bright of Somerville, Massachusetts, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
- Gottlieb bought three wraps on Aug. 23 and ate the first on Aug. 27. By Aug. 30 she was in the emergency department at UNC Southeastern Hospital in Lumberton, where a stool sample tested positive for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157.
- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services classified Gottlieb as a confirmed case in a multistate outbreak and recorded the source of her illness as a wrap from Trader Joe’s.
- Bright bought a tarragon chicken salad wrap at a Trader Joe’s in Allston, Massachusetts, on Aug. 24 and was hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital from Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. Physicians warned her she was at risk for hemolytic uremic syndrome.
- The FDA has reported 50 illnesses tied to chicken wraps, but Marler Clark attorney Ilana Korchia said no recall or public health alert has been issued and the manufacturer, brand and retailer have not been named publicly.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.
Read more Hopefuls are running for state House, congressional seats. What are their stances