Lawsuits filed against Washington dairy farm over E. coli outbreak
By Q13 News Staff
SEATTLE - The parents of three children severely sickened by an E. coli outbreak linked to yogurt have filed lawsuits against the Washington dairy farm that made the contaminated food.
The parents of the three minors claim in the suit that Othello-based Pure Eire Dairy, which made the PCC Community Market brand yogurt, were negligent in not identifying the contaminate. All of the cases involved Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) E. coli.
According to the state Department of Health, the outbreak includes 11 confirmed E. coli cases in four counties: eight in King, and one each in Benton, Snohomish and Walla Walla counties. Six children under the age of 10 were infected with the bacteria.