Three prosecutions were deposited alleging that the guests who ate in a Clairemont restaurant a few weeks ago contracted Salmonella, lawyers who were dealing with business on Thursday.
The county said Thursday that it had recorded 98 probable or confirmed cases of people who had fallen ill with Salmonella after having dinner at the Aladdin Mediterranean Cafe from April 25 to May 1. County officials said last week that these sick ages 1 to 90 years of age. At least nine people were to be hospitalized.
The county says that the source of the epidemic has not been determined and that the investigation remains in progress.
A person who answered the phone at the restaurant Thursday refused to comment. The judicial archives do not list a lawyer for Aladdin.
The restaurant voluntarily closed on May 1, and the county allowed it to reopen on May 10. Before the restaurant could obtain this approval, the spokesperson for County Anita Lightfoot said that Aladdin must have replaced all of his food products and undergo a deep disinfection. In addition, all of its food managers had to undergo a customs clearance process.
Aladdin Mediterranean Restaurant published a declaration on social networks saying that the Department of Health “had carried out multiple health inspections and interviews on the health of our staff” and had not been able to determine a source of the epidemic.
The publication of the restaurant indicates that customer health and safety are its “number one priority” and that it has maintained marks of the health service during its 32 years of operation. “We take the cleanliness very seriously and understand the responsibility that accompanies the preparation and the food service to the members of our community.”
Lawyers who manage business, which are deposited in front of the San Diego Superior Court, and a handful of their customers addressed journalists during a press conference outside the restaurant on Thursday. “We are going to achieve the bottom of how it happened, I promise you,” said lawyer Ron Simon, based in Houston and specializes in food intoxication disputes.
The Simon firm has teamed up with John Gomez, based in San Diego, and its firm, Gomez Trial Attorneys. They filed three prosecution by appointing the restaurant on behalf of five customers. Simon said he expects them to deposit much more, since they have more than 50 customers. They do not file collective appeals; The combinations are more individualized and adapted to the details of the experience of a customer.
The claimant Charles McLaughlin, who continues Aladdin, told journalists that he had taken his girlfriend to a restaurant on a Saturday evening. On Monday morning, he said, they “felt both super sick”. Over the days, he said, it got worse. “A fairly unpleasant experience.” He went to an urgent care and later learned that he had been tested positive for Salmonella.
Nubia Munguia, who also continues, said that she fell so sick – “I felt like I was dying,” she said – she went to an emergency room and was admitted to the hospital. She told journalists that she had to be absent from leave and that he is still recovering.
Simon said that about half of his 58 customers from the suspected epidemic had been sick enough to consult a doctor. He said that by virtue of the law, if a restaurant serves food that harms someone, “whether they knew or not, whether or not they have done it, they are responsible, just like the supplier, just like the manufacturer throughout the chain.”
Simon told the Union-Tribune Thursday afternoon that several people in San Diego called his business in the space of a few days near the end of April, suspecting that they had undergone a kind of food poisoning. He said that the company continued to make potential customer calls on the epidemic, including a handful that contacted the press conference.
Salmonella symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps and fever, and usually start 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated foods, according to the county. It can last a few days a week.
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