Travis County woman files first Texas tainted egg lawsuit
Southeast Texas Record
August 30, 2010
The first Texas lawsuit over salmonella poisoning from infected eggs has been filed by a Travis County woman.
The Houston-based law firm Simon & Luke announced in a press release that it filed the suit Wednesday in Travis County on behalf of Austin resident Amanda Sanchez. The suit names as defendants the egg producers, Wright County Egg and Hilldandale Farms, as well as the Texas-based Mexican restaurant that allegedly served Sanchez the tainted eggs, Taco Cabana.
Sanchez was hospitalized for four days after eating at Taco Cabana on June 26. According to the lawsuit, she became ill two days later with abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea and vomiting and went to Seton Hospital Northwest in Austin. She was admitted and remained hospitalized for four days.
Her medical expenses total more than $25,000, the lawsuit claims.
After her discharge on July 1, Sanchez was informed by the Travis County Health Department that she had tested positive for salmonella.
However testing has not been completed to confirm that Sanchez's illness was caused by any of the 550 million recalled eggs.
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