Updated
2/26: Mother sues LaGrange restaurant for food poisoning
Source of Article: http://www.pioneerlocal.com/lagrange/news/1452261,lagrange-foodpoisoning-022609-s1.article February
26, 2009 The mother of a 10-year-old boy who became ill
after eating at a restaurant in The
suit, filed by Maria Arreaga on behalf of her son,
Francisco Rivera, claims her son was served food contaminated with salmonella
while eating at one of the Blueberry Hill Breakfast Cafés, located at The
lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit court, claims Francisco had to be
hospitalized after he developed a fever, began vomiting and had blood in his
stool. Arreaga’s lawyer released a statement Thursday claiming Blueberry
Hill was cited by the Cook County Department of Health after 13 people
reported salmonella poisoning after eating at the restaurant between Oct. 5
and Oct. 11. The
department blamed improper food handling for the contamination, the statement
said. "It’s
a shame that a local family restaurant would completely disregard the minimum
standards for food safety,” the family’s attorney Bridget Duignan
said in a statement. The
lawsuit accuses Blueberry Hill of improper food handling, failing to keep a
clean and sanitized food preparation line and failing to keep food at a
correct temperature. Arreaga had to pay for her son’s treatment out-of-pocket, and asks
the restaurant to pay her back for Francisco’s medical treatment, along with
other damages. —
Sun-Times News Group |
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