Listeria Lawyer

If Listeria led to hospitalization, pregnancy complications or the loss of someone you love, you can ask our lawyers to review whether contaminated food was responsible. Ron Simon & Associates represents people and families affected by listeriosis. We investigate the connection to a product or outbreak and explain the legal options supported by the evidence.

Why the illness can be difficult to trace

Listeria can cause a mild intestinal illness or a serious invasive infection that spreads beyond the gut. Pregnant people, newborns, older adults and people with weakened immune systems face greater risks. Invasive illness can appear weeks after the food was eaten, so you may not remember the source by the time you’re diagnosed.

Our Listeria attorneys review purchase histories, meal dates, medical records and agency findings together. A recall or matching laboratory result can help, but neither proves every part of an individual claim. You don’t have to identify the responsible company or gather every receipt before requesting a review.

Pregnancy and newborn concerns

During pregnancy, symptoms may be mild or absent even when the infection threatens the baby. Contact your healthcare provider promptly if you have fever or flu-like symptoms after eating food recalled for Listeria, and tell them about the exposure. If you ate a recalled product but feel well, ask your clinician what to do rather than assuming you need tests or treatment.

Families facing pregnancy loss, premature delivery or newborn illness can speak with us when they’re ready. We can review the medical records and possible exposure without asking you to establish the connection yourself.

Our experience with Listeria cases

Ron Simon & Associates filed the nation’s first wrongful death lawsuit in the 2024 Boar’s Head deli meats outbreak and reached the first Listeria settlement with Boar’s Head in December 2024.

Our lawyers also represented victims in the 2011 Jensen Farms cantaloupe outbreak and hospitalized children in the Blue Bell ice cream outbreak. We’re investigating claims involving the Prairie Farms supplement shakes outbreak, which involved products served in hospitals and long-term care facilities. Each event has its own products, evidence and affected families.

What a Listeria lawsuit may cover

Depending on the facts and applicable law, a claim may seek treatment costs, lost income, pain and other losses. Lasting neurological injury may require future care, and a death or pregnancy-related loss calls for an individual assessment of the available claims. We review those needs alongside the evidence identifying the food source and potentially responsible businesses.

Our firm focuses exclusively on foodborne illness litigation, with more than 55 years of combined experience. You can ask about a possible Listeria claim and the applicable filing deadline during a free consultation. You pay us nothing unless we recover compensation for you.