Chipotle Slapped With Lawsuits After Ohio Foodborne Illness Outbreak | Eater

"A Powell, Ohio location of a national burrito chain has been linked to a large suspected foodborne outbreak that left nearly 400 people reporting illness or seeking medical care after dining there; the restaurant was closed “out of an abundance of caution” while local health officials investigate. Multiple lawsuits have been filed, including a class-action pursuit by DiCello Levitt & Casey and Ron Simon & Associates alleging as many as 200 patrons and employees were sickened on July 29–30. An initial suit by Filip Szyller says he ate at the location on July 29 and later suffered fever, diarrhea, nausea, headaches, fatigue and hot-and-cold flashes; another customer is pursuing a separate suit seeking $25,000 while still under medical care. The firms are soliciting others who became sick to come forward and say this is the seventh outbreak attributed to the chain in recent years; the plaintiffs aim to determine where and how the company failed to protect customers. The restaurant’s operator says it is cooperating with local health authorities, and the incident follows broader recent foodborne outbreaks affecting other national retailers as well as the chain’s widely reported 2015–2016 E. coli crisis." - Daniela Galarza