By mstratton | posted on October 19th, 2013
Montaudy v. Stop & Shop, (JD of New Haven – filed Oct. 18, 2013) A Milford man became extremely sick after consuming morel mushrooms purchased at his local Stop & Shop. The plaintiff prepared a sauce with the mushrooms and soon after fell violently ill and lapsed into a coma before waking up in the hospital days later with kidney failure and damage to his internal organs. The mushrooms were found to be contaminated with a bacterium that causes serious injury and even death when consumed. The plaintiff is left with severely compromised kidneys and other residual impacts.