PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Great-grandparents Roberta and Oscar Cash claimed they suffered a foodborne illness through contaminated Chilean blueberries purchased in May at a Publix Supermarket in Jupiter, records show.
The couple was diagnosed with an E. coli O145:H28 infection after suffering from bloody stools, abdominal pain, dehydration, and fever, according to their lawsuit filed on July 13 in Palm Beach County civil court.
“While Oscar was very ill, his illness was less pronounced than that of Roberta, his wife of nearly 46 years,” an attorney wrote, according to the lawsuit…