A Florida woman is suing the distributor and growers of cucumbers tied to a salmonella outbreak that hit 31 states and D.C. and resulted in 449 people getting sick, alleging that the ones she purchased caused her to experience symptoms ranging from a fever to a urinary tract infection.on behalf of Melissa Milligan on Wednesday against Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc., which distributed the cucumbers, and Bedner Growers Inc., which grew the cucumbers.
Marler says that Milligan will likely make a full recovery, but adds that she incurred medical expenses while seeking treatment. Marler says that it’s up to the jury to decide what compensation Milligan should receive. While initially considered to be two separate outbreaks, the CDC and FDA combined them because they shared many similarities, such as when and where the illnesses occurred, the demographics of people who became sick, and the foods they said they had eaten before they became ill. Investigators believe that cucumbers from Bedner Growers are a likely source of the illnesses, but the FDA emphasized that the company doesn’t account for all the illnesses in the outbreak.