Tainted Egg Outbreak Yields First Salmonella Lawsuit

• Bad eggs by major producer Rose Acre Farms Inc. caused woman’s hospitalization, complaint says • More than 206 million eggs recalled internationally, 35 sickened in nine states in ongoing outbreak

Rose Acre Farms Inc., a major egg producer that recalled 206.7 million eggs in April amid a nine-state salmonella outbreak, should be held liable for a Florida woman’s extended hospitalization, according to a federal lawsuit.

The negligence complaint, filed May 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is the first in the ongoing outbreak that has sickened 35, 11 of whom were hospitalized. ...