A “ladies’ tea” at Bethany Free Will Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma may be associated with an E. coli 0111 outbreak linked to the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Oklahoma that has at least 291 confirmed cases. On August 16, 2008, the Country Cottage restaurant catered the ladies’ tea at Bethany Free Will Baptist Church. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), about 250 persons attended the event, and at least 30 of the attendees have reported illness with diarrhea and other symptoms. According to news reports, one attendee at the ladies’ tea has been diagnosed with E. coli.
OSDH has also reported that of the 291 confirmed cases, “227 were adults and 46 were children; the ages of 18 cases have not yet been identified. One person has died. At least 67 persons have been hospitalized including 16 who have received dialysis treatment [because they developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)]. Of that number, nine were children and seven were adults.”
We are representing a victim of this outbreak and her family. The victim is a toddler who developed HUS. To contact our law firm for a free consultation, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail attorney Fred Pritzker, or submit our online form.
