Nebraska woman suing McDonald’s says E. coli landed her in the ER
Two lawsuits have been filed against McDonald's after the CDC linked an E. coli outbreak to Quarter Pounders. The plaintiff in one suit describes her symptoms.
A month ago, Clarissa DeBock fell ill with abdominal cramps, diarrhea and nausea — but it wasn’t the usual stomach bug.
She had gone to lunch five days earlier with her fiancé at their local McDonald’s in North Platte, Nebraska. The Quarter Pounder she ate that day looked and tasted normal, she said.
But gastrointestinal symptoms landed DeBock in the emergency room on Sept. 25, and she tested positive for a strain of E. coli called O157:H7 — the one connected to the outbreak the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.
“I could just tell that something was off by the cramps, just because they were so bad,” she said. “You get cramps with the flu and stuff, but it was different.”
The CDC’s investigation into the E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounders has so far identified 49 cases across 10 states from Sept. 27 to Oct. 11. Ten people were hospitalized, and one died.
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