Taco Bell May Pay Millions To Settle

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A Montgomery County man and others sickened by an E. coli outbreak at Taco Bell last year could receive out-of-court settlements ranging from $25,000 to $500,000 from the fast-food restaurant chain, an attorney said.

In the more severe cases, E. coli victims could receive millions of dollars.Stephen Minnis of Limerick Township and several others who became ill after eating food from the Mexican-food chain have agreed to drop lawsuits while Seattle-based attorney Bill Marler tries to reach financial settlements with the chain’s lawyers.

”We’ve got a promise from Taco Bell that it will immediately mediate these cases,” said Marler, who represents Minnis and 19 others who say Taco Bell’s food made them ill. ”I’m going to sit down with them in the next 30 days and try to resolve them. If we can’t come to an agreement, we can refile the cases.”

”Every indication I’ve had from Taco Bell lawyers is that they want to seriously sit down and get these cases resolved .”

A Taco Bell spokesman wouldn’t comment on specific legal cases.”Our focus right now is to work with each person who unfortunately became ill as a result of the incident to resolve their individual situation,” spokesman Rob Poetsch said.

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