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A lawsuit representing victims of a Shigella outbreak linked to an Illinois Subway sandwich restaurant has been filed in a local court.
According to a Tribune report, the lawsuit covers the 74 known victims of the Shigella outbreak which affected customers of a Lombard, Ill., Subway location from Feb. 23 to March 1 last year. A total of 328 people actually got sick but the 74 were known to suffer from a gastrointestinal disorder and were identified as having the most severe symptoms of the infection.
The source of the Shigella outbreak was two employees of that Subway location. According to the report, the two employees reported to work already sick with the gastrointestinal disorder and tested positive for the same strain of the bacteria found in the victims of the outbreak. Further, those two employees practice poor hygiene while at work and likely spread the bacteria from themselves to the food which they served.
This is the fourth lawsuit representing people affected by this specific Shigella outbreak. This lawsuit aims to include the largest number of plaintiffs and seeks compensation for the serious illness suffered and the subsequent medical costs and time missed from work.
Symptoms of Shigella poisoning mirror those of other food-borne illnesses but carry a risk of longer-term impact than some other strains of bacteria. A lawyer representing the more than 70 people included in the lawsuit compared Shigella bacteria to “Salmonella on steroids.”
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