State and federal courts reject efforts to categorize
salmonella as a "communicable disease."
While the quality of the United States' food supply
continues to be exceptionally reliable, problems do occasionally
arise. Contamination by food-borne bacteria is a threat that is
well known to the industry, and salmonella contamination is one
example that has made recent headlines. Companies implement a wide
variety of quality control and sterilization protocols in an effort
to prevent contamination events from occurring. At the same time,
those businesses purchase insurance as protection against
outbreak-related losses.
As the cost of food-borne bacteria–related losses
continues to rise, insurance coverage litigation is becoming more
common. Morgan Lewis is on the front line of this fight and is
successfully defending our clients' rights to the full benefit
of their insurance policies. We recently defended against an
insurer's attempt to use a "Communicable
