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Listeria Food Poisoning Lawyers

Listeria is a horrible disease. The physical and emotional effects can last a lifetime.

Fred Pritzker and the lawyers on his food safety legal team have stood next to the hospital beds of clients as they fought for their lives, sickened by food they had eaten.

These cases are tragic…and preventable.

In obtaining compensation for our clients, we hold corporate wrongdoers accountable and help drive the kinds of changes needed to prevent future outbreaks.

WE ARE AMERICA’S FOOD POISONING LAW FIRM

If you or a loved one was diagnosed with listeriosis, your future depends on the decisions you make today.

Contact us now for a free consultation. We’ll help you get through it.

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Why Hire Pritzker Hageman’s Food Safety Legal Team for Your Listeria Case?


It’s called Listeriosis, a life-threatening infection caused by eating food contaminated by the germ Listeria monocytogenes.

If you or someone you love was sickened by this disease, you know how awful it can be. 16% of Listeriosis patients die and over 90% require hospitalization, often in the intensive care unit. Pregnant women are 10 times more likely than other people to get a Listeria infection. Newborns, young children, adults over 65 and people with weakened immune systems are also at higher risk for this disease. Many Listeria victims have physical and emotional problems for the rest of their lives.

We’re lawyers representing people and families harmed by Listeriosis.

In fact, we have more experience handling Listeria infection cases than any other law firm in the United States.

You’ve never been through something like this before. You need to know if you have a case and what to expect if you decide to go forward with a claim. We can help. Call, email or text us – it’s absolutely free – and we’ll quickly be able to tell you if you have a case and explain the process of working with a lawyer and making a claim.

You also have a lot of bills from this ordeal and you’re worried about whether you’ll have enough money to protect your future. We understand. We’ve helped thousands of people harmed by foodborne illness and have a tremendous record of success winning Listeria cases.

You need a lawyer who cares about you as human being.

With empathy, understanding and a willingness to listen, we guide you through the confusion and uncertainty you’re experiencing. It’s the most rewarding part of what we do: helping people successfully move on with their lives.

There is no substitute for intelligence and experience with cases just like yours.

That’s why we’ve been able to collect hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of foodborne illness, including some of the biggest Listeria recoveries in American history. That’s also why we’re asked to speak about foodborne illness litigation at leading universities including Harvard and Cornell, quoted in leading newspapers including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and appear in television news programs pertaining to Listeria and other foodborne pathogens.

Our first Listeria case was over twenty years ago.

It involved one of the earliest recorded nation-wide Listeriosis outbreaks. At least 50 people in 24 states were sickened.  Since then, we’ve represented people in virtually every Listeria outbreak in the country.

Here is what some of our Listeriosis clients have to say about their experience working with our firm:

Diagnosed With Listeria Poisoning Legal Clients

“When Fred [Fred Pritzker] first met John, his cognitive and physical abilities were impaired by Listeria’s attack on his central nervous system. He was just starting to recover from the meningitis. None of that stopped Fred from talking straight up to John, with all the compassion you could imagine. It was an approach that meant a lot to us, especially to John…Fred is like family now. He’s close to being a brother.”

Listeriosis Poisoning Lawyer Client

“The settlement from my case allows me to live independently after having been forced to rely on others for care.  I can now afford to hire folks to help me with any physical task I cannot do on my own without needing to depend on my parents for financial support to live on my own.

I remember one of the first things Fred said to me on the phone was that he was so sorry this happened. I can’t describe the meaningfulness of that sort of simple, genuine acknowledgment. If I had any doubt that this was the right firm for me, Fred’s comment sealed the deal.”

Our Food Safety Legal Team is Ready to Help

Our award-winning national food safety legal team is led by attorney Fred Pritzker.

Our entire team will be focused on helping you and your family with the complexities of your Listeria food poisoning case, getting you the compensation you deserve and making sure your future needs are met.

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Proven Results

Our legal team has won hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients, including…

$45

Million


This settlement was obtained for a person with severe injuries.

$10

Million


We represented seven children who suffered intestinal injuries as a result of a defective food product.

$7.5

Million


We won this verdict for a child with kidney damage from E. coli.

$6.5

Million

Our client was a 5-year-old child who contracted Salmonella Heidelberg and, as a result, suffered brain damage.

$6.45

Million


A company that sold contaminated food settled with a couple that suffered the death of unborn twins, the family of the wrongful death victim and a woman whose pregnancy was ended.

$6.4

Million


Our client suffered severe neurologic injuries as a result of foodborne pathogen. The present value of our client’s recovery is $3,400,000 with current and guaranteed future payments of $6,413,333.

$4.5

Million


A young woman suffered hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) following consumption of an adulterated meat product.

$4.5

Million


One of the largest Listeria food poisoning settlements in U.S. history for a young man who contracted meningitis from a contaminated food product.

Our record of success for our clients includes over 70 verdicts and settlements in excess of a million dollars including some of the largest ever recorded.

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Pritzker Hageman P.A. has been recognized as one of the best law firms for personal injury litigation by U.S. News & World Report.

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Super Lawyers

  • Fred Pritzker: 2003-2020
  • Eric Hageman: 2004-2020
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America's Top 100 Attorneys

America’s Top 100 Attorneys®

Lifetime Achievement selection to America’s Top 100 Attorneys®.

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Attorneys of the Year

Minnesota Lawyer

  • Fred Pritzker: 2011, 2014, 2015
  • Eric Hageman: 2011, 2015
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Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Attorney Fred Pritzker is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

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Our firm has been widely recognized as one of the top law firms in the country for complex litigation.

Our attorneys have appeared on, and been quoted in, the New York Times, Bloomberg, CNN, CBS News, NBC News, National Public Radio, The Atlantic and many other news organizations.

Current Listeria Outbreaks


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Listeria Investigations & News From Our Food Safety Legal Team

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Listeria Outbreak Linked to Packaged Sandwiches

Listeria, Pathogens
Packaged sandwiches are the source of a Listeria outbreak that has sickened 10 people in two states. All of them were hospitalized. Whole genome sequencing tests indicate that packaged sandwiches made by Fresh & Ready Foods were tainted…
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May 16, 2025
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USDA FSIS is Investigating a Listeria Outbreak

Listeria, Pathogens
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) is investigating a new Listeria outbreak. A food source has not yet been determined, and information about how many people are sick or which states are included…
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April 4, 2025
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New Outbreak Has People Asking: Listeria Survives Freezing?

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February 28, 2025
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Our food safety legal team has represented people sickened in almost every major foodborne outbreak in the United States for the last 25 years.

Our cases involve more than just people getting sick to their stomach. Our clients have suffered permanent brain damage from meningitis, strokes, pancreatitis, paralysis, kidney failure, and other life-threatening medical conditions. We have also represented the families of people who did not survive their illness.

Our lawyers have won hundreds of millions for people sickened by tainted food.

But it’s not just about money. It’s about holding wrongdoers accountable, and forcing changes so that what happened to our clients doesn’t happen to someone else.

Your future depends on the decisions you make today. Contact us now for a free consultation.

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