The first wrongful death lawsuit involving caramel apples contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes was amended on Dec. 29 to include two additional defendants, apple supplier Bidart Brothers Apple Packing Co. and caramel apple maker Happy Apple Co. Inc.
Safeway Inc. was the only defendant named in the complaint when it was initially filed on Dec. 22 in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz, on behalf of James Raymond Frey, 87, and the estate of his deceased wife, Shirlee Jean Frey, 81, who died in early December after eating a Listeria-tainted caramel apple purchased at a Safeway store in Felton, California.
