Our law firm has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a woman who contracted a Cyclospora infection (cyclosporiasis) after eating at the Olive Garden restaurant located at 367 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 5, 2013. The lawsuit was filed against Darden Corporation, a Florida corporation, and Taylor Fresh Foods, a Delaware corporation.
According to the lawsuit, about 7 days after eating at the Cedar Rapids Olive Garden, the Iowa woman began suffering diarrhea, fatigue and cramping. She continued to suffer from symptoms of cyclosporiasis over the next week. She visited the emergency room three more times over the next several weeks.
On July 9, 2013, over a month after eating at the Cedar Rapids Olive Garden, she was diagnosed with a cyclosporiasis. She was prescribed Bactrim to treat her infection but continues to suffer symptoms from the Cyclospora infection.
In Iowa, there are now 148 people diagnosed with cyclosporiasis. The 39 Iowa counties with outbreak victims include the following: Linn (44), Polk (19), Dubuque (8), Pottawattamie (7), Dallas (7), Woodbury (6), Buchanan (5), Webster (4), Black Hawk (4), Boone (4), Fayette (4), O’brien (3), Des Moines (3), Jones (2), Mills (2), Story (2), Monona (2), Floyd (1), Winneshiek (1), Carroll (1), Cass (1), Union (1), Benton (1), Washington (1), Iowa (1), Cedar (1), Plymouth (1), Lucas (1), Johnson (1), Marshall (1), Dickinson (1), Hancock (1). Poweshiek (1), Wright (1), Keokuk (1), Allamakee (1), Van Buren (1), Butler (1) and Montgomery (1).
The cyclosporiasis illnesses have sickened people in several other states.
