Boarโs Head listeria class action lawsuit overview:ย
- Who: Plaintiff Rita J. Torres filed a class action lawsuit against Boarโs Head Provisions Co. Inc.
- Why: Torres claims Boarโs Head failed to disclose that certain of its meat products โ which were recalled last month โ were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.ย
- Where: The Boarโs Head class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.ย
Boarโs Head failed to disclose to consumers that some of its products were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, amid a widespread meat and poultry recall, a new class action lawsuit alleges.ย
Plaintiff Rita J. Torresโ class action lawsuit claims Boarโs Head improperly, deceptively and misleadingly labeled and marketed the products to โreasonableโ consumers by omitting and not disclosing they were contaminated with listeria.ย
โDefendant is using a marketing and advertising campaign that omits from the packaging that the Products contain Listeria monocytogenes,โ the Boarโs Head class action says.ย
Torres wants to represent a nationwide class and New York subclass of consumers who bought any of the Boarโs Head products recalled last month and named in the complaint.ย
Consumers could not have known Boarโs Head meat products contained listeria, class action claimsย
Torres argues knowledge of the presence of listeria in the Boarโs Head products was โsolely within the possessionโ of Boarโs Head, and that consumers could have only known about the contamination by having the productโs tested in a lab.ย
โThis omission leads a reasonable consumer to believe they are not purchasing a product with a known bacterium when in fact they are purchasing a product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes,โ the Boarโs Head class action claims.ย
Boarโs Head products included in the July 25 recall include certain ham, bologna, bacon, sausage, frankfurters and Old Country-brand products received before July 31, 2024, according to the Boarโs Head class action.ย
Torres claims Boarโs Head is guilty of violating New York General Business Law. She demands a jury trial and requests declaratory relief and an award of monetary, statutory, treble and punitive damages for herself and all class members.ย
The Boarโs Head recall involved approximately 207,528 pounds of liverwurst and other deli meat products in total and was initiated amid an ongoing listeria outbreak connected to two deaths and more than 30 hospitalizations.ย
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The plaintiff is represented byย Jason P. Sultzer, Philip J. Furia and Daniel Markowitz of Sultzer & Lipari PLLC, Michael R. Reese and Carlos F. Ramirez of Reese LLP, Nick Suciu III of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC, Charles E. Schaffer of Levin Sedran & Berman LLP and Jeffrey K. Brown of Leeds Brown Law PC.
The Boarโs Head listeria class action lawsuit is Torres, et al. v. Boarโs Head Provisions Co. Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-05405, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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37 thoughts onBoarโs Head class action alleges contaminated products responsible for listeria outbreak
Continually purchased this brand and disappointed in trusting their vigilance of safety reporting
Yes, I did buy Boarshead liverwurst, at local supermarket. Wow
I got very very sick for 4 days after eating turkey bought at stop and shop in CT
Always buy this brand of deli meats at supermarkets and from our local sub shop use only boars meat
I am always buying this brand there roast beef, ham, Turkey, chicken! As soon as I heard about this itโs right after we just ate the pound of meat we bought and explains why my kid wasnโt feeling well after. Please add me