This is exactly why I grow as much of my own fruits and veggies as I can. No chemicals, no pesticides, just plain. If I get sick on my own stuff, then I can blame it on myself. I do have to comment on the 23 month baby who died. How many kids under 2 eat leaf spinach? Seems it might be tough for them to chew. I hope it is not the case of the parents trying to profit off this product recall but I am sure there will be many coming out of the woodwork once a few lawyers get involved. Then we will see cases from 119 go to 1119 overnite.
Compman,
What will you do about the neighborhood cats, dogs, vermin, etc…that may use your garden as a litter box? Not much you can do short of using bleach and/or vinegar to kill any bacteria – what about toxoplasmosis?
I guess you never had any children – moms (and dads) like to buy \”fresh\”, steam, and put in a food processor to strain the veggies – by the age of two, they do have some teeth. It seems better nowadays to use jar baby foods since the bacteria (if any) gets killed in the processing.
Seems like those with weak immune systems (the very young, the old and frail) are the ones being hurt the most. As far as the parents trying to profit from the product – this is not a \”nuisance\” claim in any sense of the word. I bet if you had a 23 month old baby that ingested the E-Coli from the spinach you had prepared for him/her, wouldn\’t you want to make the company responsible for not setting stricter handeling guidelines? But I guess if you are going to grow your own fruit and veggies, you will have your own guidelines….Lots of luck! :)
Based on your comments, I would have pegged you for Berkeley, not SFO. But they are pretty close. My kids are 18 and 14 and I don\’t recall ever \”steaming\” and pureeing foods for them. They got baby food, mom\’s milk and then onto the solid food after that. Neither one died or quite honestly, have ever been really sick. Earaches, etc, but nothing serious. I think you need to reread my first response about the baby though. I didn\’t accuse them of bringing a nuisance case, I just wondered out loud that it looks a little fishy. It may very well be true and if that is the case, I would go after whoever caused it to happen with a vengence. As far as the garden cleanliness goes, the yard is fenced, the dog stays out, the cats don\’t, but you can\’t stop everything and I wash all the harvest before it goes into anybody\’s meals. I prefer to pick the cherry tomato\’s right off the vine and eat them along with a nice cold beer.
Are parents the only ones allowed to have an opinion on whether or not something might be a nuisance claim? Hopefully the situation mentioned in the article is not such a thing.
However, it does happen. Sad but true. There are some people who DO attempt and sometimes succeed in unrightfully profiting from the death of their child.
My work involves insurance litigation, and I unfortunately have first-hand knowledge of more than a few cases where parents have filed claims or sued a certain entity for liability in the death of their child. 2 of my recent cases were ultimately determined to be fraud. I can\’t disclose details, but in my opinion, in both cases, the parents were beyond unscrupulous!
Even if I were *not* a parent, I would hold the same opinion of the parents involved in those fradulent claims. And even before I was a parent, I found myself occasionally suspicious of a claimant or two or three…
There seems to be a sense of entitlement in some who have experienced a loss. Those few also seem to be willing to sue or state a claim against whatever party they think will pay up. One need not be a parent to be leery of those types.
This is exactly why I grow as much of my own fruits and veggies as I can. No chemicals, no pesticides, just plain. If I get sick on my own stuff, then I can blame it on myself. I do have to comment on the 23 month baby who died. How many kids under 2 eat leaf spinach? Seems it might be tough for them to chew. I hope it is not the case of the parents trying to profit off this product recall but I am sure there will be many coming out of the woodwork once a few lawyers get involved. Then we will see cases from 119 go to 1119 overnite.
Compman,
What will you do about the neighborhood cats, dogs, vermin, etc…that may use your garden as a litter box? Not much you can do short of using bleach and/or vinegar to kill any bacteria – what about toxoplasmosis?
I guess you never had any children – moms (and dads) like to buy \”fresh\”, steam, and put in a food processor to strain the veggies – by the age of two, they do have some teeth. It seems better nowadays to use jar baby foods since the bacteria (if any) gets killed in the processing.
Seems like those with weak immune systems (the very young, the old and frail) are the ones being hurt the most. As far as the parents trying to profit from the product – this is not a \”nuisance\” claim in any sense of the word. I bet if you had a 23 month old baby that ingested the E-Coli from the spinach you had prepared for him/her, wouldn\’t you want to make the company responsible for not setting stricter handeling guidelines? But I guess if you are going to grow your own fruit and veggies, you will have your own guidelines….Lots of luck! :)
Based on your comments, I would have pegged you for Berkeley, not SFO. But they are pretty close. My kids are 18 and 14 and I don\’t recall ever \”steaming\” and pureeing foods for them. They got baby food, mom\’s milk and then onto the solid food after that. Neither one died or quite honestly, have ever been really sick. Earaches, etc, but nothing serious. I think you need to reread my first response about the baby though. I didn\’t accuse them of bringing a nuisance case, I just wondered out loud that it looks a little fishy. It may very well be true and if that is the case, I would go after whoever caused it to happen with a vengence. As far as the garden cleanliness goes, the yard is fenced, the dog stays out, the cats don\’t, but you can\’t stop everything and I wash all the harvest before it goes into anybody\’s meals. I prefer to pick the cherry tomato\’s right off the vine and eat them along with a nice cold beer.
Are parents the only ones allowed to have an opinion on whether or not something might be a nuisance claim? Hopefully the situation mentioned in the article is not such a thing.
However, it does happen. Sad but true. There are some people who DO attempt and sometimes succeed in unrightfully profiting from the death of their child.
My work involves insurance litigation, and I unfortunately have first-hand knowledge of more than a few cases where parents have filed claims or sued a certain entity for liability in the death of their child. 2 of my recent cases were ultimately determined to be fraud. I can\’t disclose details, but in my opinion, in both cases, the parents were beyond unscrupulous!
Even if I were *not* a parent, I would hold the same opinion of the parents involved in those fradulent claims. And even before I was a parent, I found myself occasionally suspicious of a claimant or two or three…
There seems to be a sense of entitlement in some who have experienced a loss. Those few also seem to be willing to sue or state a claim against whatever party they think will pay up. One need not be a parent to be leery of those types.