Boas Head has competed in court this summer with a widow in New York, who ate contaminated liver lust and lost her husband, but her famous lawyer sent me a message to him. The post paper reported that he believed. “
Cathen Hamilton of Hicksville, Louisiana has sued Boas Head in October in a federal court in Brooklyn, but now the company calls a judge to transfer the lawsuit to Virginia. Head is defending from a large number of illegal death lawsuits. Submitted on December 31.
Hamilton's 55 -year -old husband, Robert Hamilton, was transported and transported to the Nassau University Medical Center on July 12 for influenza -like symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and high fever.
He spent six days in the ICU and died at the age of 73.
According to the complaint, the State Health Bureau has confirmed that his death is associated with the trend of Boazhead Listeria.
“This poor woman has lost her husband, and Boas Head wants to drag her to Virginia,” said Hamilton's lawyer and famous food safety lawyer Bill Mahler. He said in the submitted documents that he opposed this claim.
Star lawsuit, who appeared in Netflix's documentary “Poison: Dirty Truth about your Foods”, pointed out that Boaz Head had submitted a request to transfer his lawsuit to Virginia in the middle of his vacation.
“I'm doing something on New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve to send a message,” says Mahler.
“I will not comment on the content of the progressive lawsuit, but the transfer request for the lawsuit is a mere procedure, and we will respond as part of the process,” said Boaz Head's spokeswoman.
Boaz Head stated in a document to the court to integrate a lawsuit in Virginia under the same judge to obtain “the most efficient and realistic results.”
According to the complaint, Hamilton is seeking $ 20 million for both punishment damages and compensation damages.
Mahler may be particularly “angry” because Boas Head has frankly claimed a criminal complaint against Boaz Head and the claim of a parliamentary hearing on the spread of infection. Was stated.
According to a document submitted to the widow's court, changing the venue to Virginia is “imposing unreasonable difficulties” and “unnecessary cruel in situations.”
“Boas Head has said this good thing to the public, but he submitted a motion on New Year's Eve and dragged the widow into Virginia,” said Mahler.
He is a representative Four other family members who lost their loved ones after eating Boazhead products and five customers who became sick.
The company based in Sarasota, Florida has argued that filing a Hamilton lawsuit in New York will also “impose a burden on companies.” [Boar’s Head] He added that a similar lawsuit was substantially demanded to defend simultaneously in two trials, “he added, saying,” A filing in New York should not be respected. “
According to Richard Dlinger, a former committee member of the New York claiming court, who is not involved in the lawsuit, Boaz Head's claim is “difficult to sell.”
“The plaintiff's lawsuit is based in New York,” said Dringer, and in charge of Hamilton's pain and suffering (Hamilton's friends, relatives, neighbors, and treatment. He said that it also included doctors and nurses.
According to law experts, the widow has the financial responsibilities of bringing all these witnesses to Virginia.
“The court considers the convenience of witnesses and the relative economic power of the two parties,” said Dlinger. “It seems that both elements are advantageous to maintain the incident in New York.”
Boas Head recovered £ 7.2 million in July, in July, following the continuation of infected people in the United States.
With the occurrence of Listelia, a total of 10 people, including Gunter Morgenstein, a holocaust survivor who died in New Port News, Virginia in July, died, at least 51 people became sick of this mortal bacterium.
Federal inspectors were in the Boaz Head Jalat Plant, Virginia, which was reported as a source of occurrence, with mold on the walls and ceilings, condensation dripping into food, and insects are “flying around the room”. I found it. It was allowed to accumulate on the floor.
The shocking inspection report has been more than a year, and the Federal record published by the US Ministry of Agriculture has also highlighted the unresting situation for other facilities in the Boas Head.
The processing factory in Peter'sberg, Virginia, in New Castle, Arkansas, Indiana, has been found to have the same problems as the Jalat Plant in the past six years, and one inspector is “overall,” “Overall, the Indiana State Room. It was described as dirty and dirty. “According to the report.
A one billion dollar company stated in a statement that the recorded violations did not meet our high standards.
Jalat's facilities were closed this summer, and the company later published a statement, stating that the spread of infection was “a dark moment in our history.”
According to a statement, Boaz Head spokeswoman said, “Since last year's recall, the company has implemented the enhanced food safety interventions and programs that have been enhanced throughout the organization, and raised the Boas Head to the industry leading food safety standards.” Was stated.
