A federal judge has kept alive agribusiness giant Cargill Inc.’s effort to pin the blame on a meat packer for a 2007 E. coli contamination outbreak that sickened 54 people and cost Cargill $26 million.
U.S. District Judge Lyle Strom ruled on May 20 that Greater Omaha Packing Co. Inc. failed to persuade him that Cargill’s evidence was based on flawed research or that a key Cargill expert witness should be excluded. A jury trial has been set for Aug. 8.
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