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Litigation

Mar. 26, 2015

San Diego firm files first wrongful death suit tied with Hepatitis A outbreak

Gomez Trial Attorneys and Ron Simon & Associates of Houston filed the lawsuit Monday in connection with a nationwide Hepatitis A outbreak in 2013 arising from imported pomegranate seeds.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Diego firm Gomez Trial Attorneys and Ron Simon & Associates of Houston filed the first wrongful death lawsuit Monday in connection with a nationwide Hepatitis A outbreak in 2013 arising from imported pomegranate seeds.


The six children of the victim, an octogenarian from Tucson, are suing Townsend Farms Inc., the manufacturer behind the Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend that the victi...

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