California Lettuce Processor
Location: Northeast U.S.
Number of Claimants: 86 claimants
Facts: National coordinating counsel for a California-based lettuce producer allegedly implicated in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that occurred in the Fall of 2006 that was attributed to various Taco Bell locations. WWHGD addressed both the resulting personal injury and business interruption claims, the latter of which were claimed by Taco Bell's parent corporation to exceed $100 million.
Discovery: WWHGD coordinating all aspects of discovery. This included the creation of a defense Intranet, document database, service of and responses to discovery, depositions, and expert retention and preparation. Litigation remains active. To date, in excess of one million documents have been collected and preserved on WWHGD’s litigation management software.
Case results: Still ongoing.