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Article: Calif. farm sues Taco Bell for libel
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 23, 2007
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SANTA ANA, Calif. - The Southern California farm that grew the
green onions that were first linked to and then cleared in last
year's E. coli outbreak has filed a libel lawsuit against Taco Bell
Corp.
Boskovich Farms, Inc. filed the lawsuit last week in Orange County
Superior Court, alleging Taco Bell continued to link its green onions
to the December outbreak that sickened more than 70 people in the
Northeast despite knowing the produce was not contaminated.
"Taco Bell engaged in an irresponsible and intentional crusade to
save its own brand at the expense of an innocent supplier," Thomas
Girardi, an attorney for Oxnard-based Boskovich Farms, told the Los
Angeles Times.
The false ...