Gene Birk
Tim Emberton sued Red Lobster and its employee, Carissa Phelps. He claimed he caught Hepatitis-A from Phelps when she served him on July 28, 2001.
A Warren Circuit Court jury found Red Lobster liable, and awarded Emberton $8,666.05 in medical expenses, and $225,000 for pain and suffering. But the jury said Carissa Phelps
October 2005
Hepatitis victim settles lawsuit after needing liver transplant
By hepatitislawyer on
Posted in Hepatitis A Watch
By: Staff and Wire Reports
10/01/2005
PITTSBURGH – A lawsuit filed by a Beaver man who needed a liver transplant in 2003 after he fell ill in the hepatitis A outbreak at a former Beaver Valley Mall restaurant has been settled for $6.25 million.
A federal judge approved a $4.1 million trust to pay for…