An Ohio man has filed a lawsuit in federal court over the ongoing Cyclospora outbreak in multiple states across the U.S. The lawsuit was filed against the company that owns a Taco Bell in the Cleveland area, where the man claims he ate twice within 10 days before experiencing severe symptoms.
Cyclospora Outbreak
The man said he suffered from a headache, chills, vomiting, and diarrhea, which forced him to miss two weeks of work. According to the lawsuit, the man is seeking damages and a trial by jury. The lawsuit aims to determine the source of the parasite and prevent future outbreaks.
Bill Marler, the food safety attorney representing the plaintiff, stated, ‘This is the first case, and it will not be the last. We filed today to do two things: find out exactly where this parasite came from — which farm, which field, which supplier — and force the changes that keep it from landing on someone’s plate again next summer, and the summer after that.’ The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports over 1,300 cases in Ohio and 141 hospitalizations in the United States from Cyclospora.
Original reporting: WLWT Cincinnati — read the source article.
