Two lawsuits have been filed on behalf of customers sickened in a Milan, Ill., hepatitis A outbreak that involved two McDonald’s employees. The lawsuits have been filed against McDonald’s Inc. and Kevin Murphy, the franchise owner of the Milan McDonald’s restaurant, by Marler Clark, a Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm, and Craig Mielke of the Illinois firm of Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers LLC. A class action lawsuit also was filed on behalf of restaurant patrons who had to get a shot to avoid illness.
The most recent lawsuit is being brought by Karie Fiegel and her 14-year-old daughter, both of whom ate at the Milan McDonald’s in early June 2009. Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) has an incubation period of 15-50 days, and it was not until early July that Fiegel fell ill with nausea, vomiting, fever and jaundice. She was hospitalized for three days but continues to suffer from elevated liver enzymes. Her daughter also has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
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