Last E. Coli Suit Settled Jack In The Box, Meat Supplier Settle With Boy For $3 Million

The last of the dozens of personal-injury lawsuits filed after Ra 1993 outbreak of foodpoisoning traced to tainted Jack in the Box hamburgers has been settled out of court.

Attorneys for a 13-year-old Seattle boy announced Wednesday that a $3 million settlement has been reached with the insurance companies for San Diego-based Foodmaker Inc., the parent of Jack in the Box, and the Vons Companies Inc., a meat supplier.

The boy, whose name was not released, was hospitalized for 10 days and underwent dialysis for six days after getting sick from a Jack in the Box hamburger. He also received several blood transfusions.

The family’s lawyer, Bill Marler of Seattle, said the boy is now “doing great” but will require medical monitoring.

More than 600 people in Washington, most of them children, got sick in early 1993 from eating Jack in the Box hamburgers contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. Three children died.

Marler represented many of the most seriously injured children.