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Army veteran sues after hospitalization
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Key Points:
- U.S. Army veteran David Ott is suing Taco Bell, Taylor Farms, and the franchise operator after a cyclospora infection from eating at Taco Bell left him hospitalized for two days with severe symptoms.
- Ott experienced extreme stomach pain, cramping, and dehydration, and was initially misdiagnosed before linking his illness to a CDC alert about the cyclospora outbreak.
- The FDA reversed an earlier finding that lettuce from Taylor Farms tested positive for cyclospora, calling it a false positive, but the ongoing outbreak investigation and recall remain in place.
- Attorney Ron Simon, representing Ott and hundreds of other victims primarily in Ohio and Michigan, says the outbreak is much larger than the CDC's official count of 1,600 cases, with states reporting around 8,000 cases.
- Ott hopes the lawsuit will encourage companies to improve food safety standards to prevent future outbreaks in restaurants and grocery stores.
