Maple
Leaf Agrees to Settle Food-Poisoning Lawsuits (Update1) Source of Article: Maple Leaf Agrees to Settle Food-Poisoning
Lawsuits (Update1) By Joe
Schneider Feb. 2
(Bloomberg) -- Maple
Leaf Foods Inc., the maker of meat products that Canadian officials
linked to food poisoning and 37 deaths, agreed to pay as much as C$27 million ($22 million)
to settle related lawsuits. The settlement
must be approved by judges in Maple Leaf
said Aug. 20 it recalled meat products at a People who had
symptoms consistent with listeriosis are eligible
for compensation ranging from C$750 to C$125,000, the administrator said.
Estates of people who died will be paid at least C$120,000. People and
businesses who bought recalled products for resale aren’t part of the
settlement, Bruneau said. A hearing to
approve the accord is scheduled for March 10 in Merchant Law
Group LLP represented plaintiffs throughout Linda Smith, a
Maple Leaf spokeswoman, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The By Joe
Schneider Feb. 2
(Bloomberg) -- Maple
Leaf Foods Inc., the maker of meat products that Canadian officials
linked to food poisoning and 37 deaths, agreed to pay as much as C$27 million ($22
million) to settle related lawsuits. The settlement
must be approved by judges in Maple Leaf
said Aug. 20 it recalled meat products at a People who had
symptoms consistent with listeriosis are eligible
for compensation ranging from C$750 to C$125,000, the administrator said.
Estates of people who died will be paid at least C$120,000. People and
businesses who bought recalled products for resale aren’t part of the
settlement, Bruneau said. A hearing to
approve the accord is scheduled for March 10 in Merchant Law
Group LLP represented plaintiffs throughout Linda Smith, a
Maple Leaf spokeswoman, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The |
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