With more than 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs who have sustained serious personal injuries or financial losses, the trial lawyers of BIREN/KATZMAN have successfully handled hundreds of cases, collecting more than $150 million for our clients. The following case is just one example:

JALISCO CHEESE CASES

Babies Born With Brain Injuries Caused By Mothers' Consumption Of Adulterated Cheese Paid $millions

The mothers of Crystal and Yvonne both consumed adulterated Jalisco Cheese during their pregnancies. As a result: Crystal was born blind and with cerebral palsy. Yvonne was born by caesarean section at 29 weeks gestation, weighing less than 4 pounds and suffered mental retardation with an IQ of between 50 and 85, cerebral palsy and a crossed eye.

Crystal's case was particularly difficult because her mother had consumed the cheese many mothers after the cheese epidemic and all of the bad cheese had been removed from the marketplace. BIREN/KATZMAN was able to establish, however, that the cheese had been purchased by the mother's boyfriend and had remained in his refrigerator for the many months while he was in jail. When he was released, the mother and boyfriend put the cheese in soup, resulting in the mother contracting the listeria infection which led to the baby's injuries.

Yvonne's case came to BIREN/KATZMAN after her first lawyers had recommended a settlement for a comparatively small amount ($600,000) with the primary defendants. BIREN/KATZMAN pursued a claim against the distributor who allegedly sold the adulterated cheese to the retailer where Yvonne's mother shopped; an extremely difficult case to prove.

Crystal's case settled for a structured pay out in excess of $10 million, with a present day value of approximately $1.8 million. Yvonne's case settled on a structured basis for a pay out of between $9,459,624 and $18,557,090; a present day value of $2.1 million. Yvonne's parents received an additional $330,000 as damages for them.

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