A woman who claimed that spoiled turkey wings she purchased at a Price Rite supermarket made her sick has lost her lawsuit, as a judge concluded that she failed to provide evidence that her illness was due to food poisoning. Attorney says Superior Court Judge Nina Elgo’s ruling broke new ground in Connecticut on the issue of expert testimony in a food-oriented product liability case.
Denise Jefferson sued Price Rite, Wakefern Food Corp., and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. in Superior Court in Hartford in 2012. In a seven-page decision issued in late February, Elgo granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, concluding that the evidence pointed to Jefferson becoming ill due to viral gastroenteritis, commonly referred to as the “stomach flu,” rather than from food poisoning.
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