ConAgra Faces 39 Suits Over Bad Peanut Butter

In February, ConAgra Foods recalled Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter produced at a Georgia manufacturing plant due to salmonella contamination cases. Now, 39 food-poisoning suits involving dozens of litigants have mushroomed into multidistrict litigation in Atlanta federal court. Three different plaintiffs attorneys are handling the suits, including William D. Marler, whose firm will use a two-pronged offense with a potential class action and individual suits for more seriously stricken plaintiffs.

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