Environmental Toxins: First Spinach Lawsuit Filed in Ohio

The first lawsuit in northwest Ohio related to the E. coli spinach scare has been filed. A Toledo-based law firm has filed the complaint on behalf of a family who claims a spinach salad from Natural Selection Foods made them sick. The family says they are filing the lawsuit to make a statement to the company. Attorney David Zoll said that the family wished to "Try to send a message to them and other growers out there that people need to have safe food for their families. And if they don't get their safe food, then they'll be told that they will be held accountable."

Lawsuit Filed by Wood County Family Sickened by Spinach

The E. coli outbreak caused at least 175 to become sick and 93 of those people had to be hospitalized, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Several deaths may also be linked to the spinach. The family's lawyers say they are seeking compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $100,000. States reporting E. coli outbreaks are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.