FLORIDA – A national food-poisoning law firm and a Florida attorney filed the first lawsuit tied to an outbreak of E. coli that public health officials say has been linked to frozen GreenWise Organic blueberries sold exclusively at Publix stores.
Ron Simon & Associates and Elizabeth Zwibel Law filed the suit Monday in Palm Beach County Circuit Court on behalf of Oscar and Roberta Cash, who bought the blueberries at a Publix in Jupiter in May and soon fell ill, according to the complaint and a law firm statement.
Roberta Cash was hospitalized at Jupiter Medical Center for 10 days and then transferred to a nursing facility for about 18 more days of treatment, the lawsuit says. She remains under medical care. Oscar Cash also became ill but sought less intensive treatment while caring for his wife. The couple have been married 46 years; the complaint says they have six children, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren…