Missouri woman falls 'deathly ill' with listeria after eating sausage brand sold in stores nationwide

A female who fell 'deathly ill' aft eating a communal deli sausage linked to a nationwide listeria outbreak is suing its manufacturer.

Sue Fleming, 88, who lives pinch her hubby Patrick, 76, successful High Ridge, Missouri, ate a Boar's Head liverwurst precocious past period aft buying it from her section market store.

But successful nan days that followed she says she developed nausea, diarrhea and tummy cramps, earlier suffering from shaking and whole-body aches.

She was rushed to hospital, wherever tests confirmed a listeria infection — according to nan lawsuit. She spent 9 days successful intensive attraction and 11 successful rehab, but claims she still suffers from neurological symptoms and is yet to regain her afloat strength.

The mates are now suing Boar's Head for much than $25,000 to screen aesculapian and ineligible costs, and harm to 'enjoyment of life' and their marital relationship. 

At slightest 2 group person died and 34 person been sickened successful nan multi-state listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meats — pinch nan CDC saying others are apt infected.

The market shop champion announced a callback of much than 100 tons — aliases 207,000lbs — of its meats crossed 13 states — including Illinois, New York and Missouri — astatine nan extremity of past week.

It is not clear really nan nutrient became contaminated, but nan germs tin persist connected surfaces and get onto slicing devices and countertops without regular heavy cleans — starring to it contaminating meats and causing an outbreak.

The lawsuit, revenge successful nan St Louis County Circuit Court, states: 'Patrick Fleming has mislaid nan love, services, consortium, comfort, instruction, guidance, counsel and support of his spouse.

'Sue Fleming continues to suffer from nan effects of her infection, including an array of neurological symptoms, fatigue, and wide weakness.'

The joined mates had regularly purchased Boar's Head deli meats for years and opportunity they had not antecedently had an issue, nan suit says.

They are suing Boar's Head connected 9 counts, including negligence and breach of implied warrant, and person demanded a proceedings by jury.

The suit besides names Schnucks Market arsenic a defendant, nan shop wherever they purchased nan meats. 

Their lawyer Ryan Osterholm, from OFT Food Safety and Injury Lawyers based successful Minnesota, said: 'Unfortunately, we've seen this earlier pinch deli meats.

'[Listeria] gets successful nan facility, and if you're not doing heavy cleans often enough, it sticks around. That's really listeria proliferates.

'From there, it gets successful nan nutrient and it makes group very sick. Then group get hospitalized, and sometimes — acold excessively often — group die.'

Listeria — which kills astir 1 successful 5 of those it infects — is peculiarly vulnerable for nan elderly, pregnant women and those pinch underlying wellness conditions.

These individuals person weaker immune systems, meaning they whitethorn beryllium little capable to conflict disconnected an infection.

Symptoms tin commencement a fewer days to 10 weeks aft infection, and initially statesman arsenic fever, chills, tummy cramps and diarrhea.

But arsenic nan infection progresses patients tin besides suffer from convulsions, nonaccomplishment of equilibrium and confusion.

The germs whitethorn beryllium fatal if it spreads into nan humor and causes sepsis — wherever organs commencement to unopen down — aliases infects nerves and nan lining of nan encephalon causing encephalitis — inflammation of nan brain's lining.

Infections tin beryllium treated utilizing antibiotics, which is fixed intravenously and tin termination disconnected nan bacteria.