{"id":202,"date":"2015-11-23T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:46:44","slug":"class-action-filed-against-mcdonalds-after-employee-determined-to-be-infected-with-hepatitis-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/class-action-filed-against-mcdonalds-after-employee-determined-to-be-infected-with-hepatitis-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Action Filed Against McDonald&#8217;s After Employee Determined to be Infected with Hepatitis A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent class action <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodpoisonjournal.com\/files\/2015\/11\/Filed-Summons-and-Class-Action-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a> has been filed against international fast food restaurant McDonald&#8217;s after reports surfaced indicating that at least 1,000 customers were exposed to the hepatitis A virus at one of the defendant&#8217;s\u00a0restaurants.\u00a0In general, HAV is a virus or infection that can lead to liver disease and liver inflammation. It can also cause severe flu-like\u00a0symptoms, including fevers. If untreated, HAV can lead to jaundice and other severe complications.<\/p>\n<p>On November 13, 2015, the New York State Department of Health, in collaboration with the Seneca County Health Department, issued an announcement stating that any customers who visited McDonalds&#8217; restaurants in the area between October 31, 2015 and November 8, 2015 may have been exposed to the Hepatitis A Virus (&#8220;HAV&#8221;) through a McDonald&#8217;s employee. According to the announcement, any individuals who patronized the restaurant during that period and either consumed food or drink could have contracted the contagious disease.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/class-action-filed-against-mcdonalds-after-employee-determined-to-be-infected-with-hepatitis-a\/#more-202\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent class action lawsuit has been filed against international fast food restaurant McDonald&#8217;s after reports surfaced indicating that at least 1,000 customers were exposed to the hepatitis A virus at one of the defendant&#8217;s\u00a0restaurants.\u00a0In general, HAV is a virus or infection that can lead to liver disease and liver inflammation. It can also cause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-actions","category-food-safety"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Class Action Filed Against McDonald&#039;s After Employee Determined to be Infected with Hepatitis A &#8212; Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog &#8212; November 23, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A recent class action lawsuit has been filed against international fast food restaurant McDonald&#039;s after reports surfaced indicating that at least 1,000 &#8212; November 23, 2015\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/class-action-filed-against-mcdonalds-after-employee-determined-to-be-infected-with-hepatitis-a\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Class Action Filed Against McDonald&#039;s After Employee Determined to be Infected with Hepatitis A &#8212; 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