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A Peanut Corporation of America lawsuit was filed on Jan. 23, 2009 by Daryl and Gabrielle Meunier, the parents of a seven-year-old boy who was hospitalized for five days after contracting Salmonella poisoning from eating peanut butter crackers made by Kellogg's (which is also named as a defendant).
Although the couple lives in South Burlington , Vermont , they filed their Peanut Corporation of America lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. One reason for the Georgia filing is that the Peanut Corporation of America 's peanut processing plant in Blakely , Georgia has been identified as the source of the nationwide outbreak of Salmonella poisoning.
In fact, a Peanut Corporation of America class action lawsuit can be expected soon, since thousands of Salmonella infections and eight deaths have been traced to the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Georgia , a facility with major food-safety lapses. The Meuniers and others are anticipating that this Peanut Corporation of America class action will converge in Georgia in part because of the great number of Georgia residents who have been infected with Salmonella from the Blakely plant.
In the Meuniers' individual Peanut Corporation of America lawsuit, they contend that their son Christopher's November 2007 hospitalization was due to the Salmonella from the Peanut Corporation of American peanut paste used in the crackers he ingested, resulting in:
Christopher tested positive for Salmonella typhimurium , the same Salmonella strain traced to Peanut Corporation of America's Georgia plant.
Regarding the Meuniers' Peanut Corporation of America lawsuit, their attorney, Bill Marler, said that Peanut Corporation of America's assets and limited insurance coverage (from its only insurer, Hartford Casualty Insurance Co.) would be insufficient if a Peanut Corporation of America class action lawsuit is successful, in light of the deaths and thousands of injuries.
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