Author: Tony Coveny, Ph.D
Tony Coveny, Ph.D
Tony Coveny, has been practicing infectious disease litigation exclusively for more than a decade, settling cases against major agro-industrial companies, international suppliers, and domestic distributors and manufacturers. Tony Coveny, alongside Ron Simon, has tried cases against restaurants, distributors, national manufacturers, and foreign corporations to recover damages against their clients. From the main office in Houston, which he manages, he speaks to potential and current clients on a daily basis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the source of a recent Listeria outbreak linked to caramel covered apples as the Bidart Bros. packing facility, this after trace-back results indicated that as many as 28 of the 32 confirmed cases of Listeria monocytogenes were linked to commercially packaged caramel covered apples. The trace-back investigation led investigators to finger Bidart Brothers after the results of the trace-back investigation revealed that the caramel apples that made the 32 individuals sick did not originate from a single producer of caramel covered apples. This quickly eliminated the possibility that the Listeria…
Ron Simon & Associates represent people across the nation in outbreaks of Listeria, Salmonella, E. coli (STEC), and many other food borne pathogens. This includes representing victims in the Caramel Apple Listeria outbreak currently affecting people across the nation – in at least 11 states and Canada. Hit hardest is New Mexico, where a number of Albuquerque New Mexico victims ate caramel covered apples infected with Listeria when they purchased apples that were supplied to the caramel apple makers by Bidart Brothers, the California company whose apples tested positive for the outbreak strain of Listeria just last week. The 5…
The Food Poisoning Lawyers at Ron Simon & Associates are headquartered in Houston, Texas, and while they represent victims across the nation, including many in California, Missouri, Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, and many other states, they often take the lead in food borne illness cases in Texas – as in the outbreaks linked to local restaurants such as the Iguana Joe’s Father’s Day Salmonella Outbreak and the Fuego Tortilla Grill College Station Salmonella Outbreak. Restaurant outbreaks like these are often localized events with a limited geographical reach in terms of the victims all residing in a single or a few…
Texas Listeria Lawyer Ron Simon, whose practice is headquartered in Houston, Texas, filed suit on behalf of a Caramel Apple Listeria victim yesterday. And while that case was in California, the majority of the Caramel Apple Listeria victims identified so far come from New Mexico, Missouri, Arizona, and here in Texas – it is uncertain how many are form the Houston greater metropolitan area or other major Texas cities, like Dallas and San Antonio. Texas has at least five confirmed cases, and this number may continue to grow. This according to Ron Simon, the state’s leading food poisoning lawyer. “Five…
New Mexico ranks at the top of states affected by the Listeria Caramel Apple outbreak linked to Bidart apples that has sickened at least 32 and been linked to 7 deaths. The six New Mexico Listeria cases surpass the five in Missouri, followed by four in Texas, Arizona and Minnesota. And according to sources in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at least one of the victims was pregnant at the time and she and her son, born three months early, were infected. At least 10 pregnancy related illnesses have been reported nation-wide. New Mexico has recorded at least six cases, all linked…
Today the food poisoning law firm of Ron Simon & Associates filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County, CA, on behalf of a California resident, Darlene Vouri, and her husband Francis Vouri, after she consumed Happy Apple brand caramel covered apples from Wal-Mart. Darlene and Frank purchased the caramel covered apples on or about October 14th, and Darlene ate one shortly thereafter. Within days she was very ill, with head and neck pain, muscle and body pain, and disorientation. She sought medical attention on several occasions in the ensuing weeks, but her condition seemed to be worsening, compelling her physician to…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now confirmed that the Listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 32, and been linked to 7 deaths, originated from the Bidart Brothers apple processing plant. Both Granny Smith and Gala Apples are implicated, and many of the apples may have been disseminated without bearing the Bidart name. So far, the evidence suggests that caramel covered apples have been the primary source of Listeriosis among the victims, but all apples processed at this plant are being recalled, as the apples are the sole common element in the caramel apples linked to the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now reporting 32 confirmed illnesses linked to the caramel covered apples produced by several manufactures who used Bidart Bros. Granny Smith and/or Gala apples. Bidart has issued a general recall as a result, and at least some of those companies whose caramel apples have been directly linked to these illnesses have also issued recalls, including Happy Apples, California Snack Foods, and Merb’s Candies. The companies all use Bidart Bros. Apples for production of at least some of their seasonal caramel apples, which were launched in the pre-Halloween period, one of the…
On December 24, 2014, Happy Apple Company issued a recall of all of its Happy Apple Brand caramel apples with best by dates ranging from August 25th to November 23rd. At that time, Happy Apple stated it had received notice from one its apple suppliers, Bidart Brothers, that its apples (believed to be Granny Smith apples) had been linked to a national outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes, an outbreak that has been linked to 30 confirmed cases and as many as six fatalities. Now Happy Apples is expanding the recall to include all of the Kroger Brand caramel apples, which are…
The New Bedford Board of Health (NBBH), in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), has identified a number of salmonella cases in patrons of Churrascaria Aveirense Restaurant, located at 175 Sawyer Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. NBBH notified the owners of Churrascaria Aveirense who have agreed to shutter the establishment at this stage in the salmonella investigation. According to an agency spokesperson, NBBH will allow Churrascaria Aveirense to open once all employees are cleared of salmonella bacterial infection and the restaurant meets or exceeds food safety standards. “Localized outbreaks of salmonella are often due to cross contamination,”…