DeFusco's Bakery Lawsuit for Salmonella Victim Compensation Attorney Providence RI

DeFusco’s Bakery Lawsuit for Salmonella Victim Compensation

Over 60 people have been sickened in the Providence, Rhode Island area Salmonella Hadar outbreak linked to zeppole pasteries from DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston, RI. Twenty-seven of the people sickened were hospitalized, and three of them are still in the hospital.

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Defusco’s Lawsuit: Negligence, Strict Liability and Breach of Warranty

DeFusco’s Bakery lawsuit theories of recovery include the following:

DeFusco's Bakery Zeppoles Food Poisoning

Negligence: Evidence suggests that DeFusco’s Bakery stored baked zeppole pasteries in boxes that had held raw eggs. This is a violation of health codes and something any reasonable manufacturer of pastries would not do because raw eggs are know to be a food product that has a high risk of Salmonella contamination. Health officials tested the boxes and found the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar. In addition, an investigation of DeFusco’s Bakery found a number of other health violations.

Strict Liability: Manufactures and sellers of food contaminated with Salmonella are liable (legally responsible) to consumers for any harm caused by the contamination. DeFusco’s Bakery manufactured and sold pastries that were contaminated with Salmolnella, according to epidemiological and microbiological evidence gathered by health officials. This evidence also points to the contaminated pastries, primarily zeppoles, as the cause of the outbreak of Salmonella Hadar and substantial harm to over 60 people, including children and elderly people.

Breach of Warranty: Sellers of food products warrant that the food sold is fit to eat by the purchaser. A pastry contaminated with Salmonella is not fit to eat.