On Food, Folly, Fungus, and Fatality

Over the past few months, you’ve probably all heard news about the widespread meningitis outbreak linked to two types of fairly common fungi. At least one of the culprits in the deadly outbreak is a fungus typically found in many backyards.

Read our Texas Injury Attorneys’ Article on the Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Fungus Contamination

And don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions after you or a loved one have been sickened by contaminated food or medicine. Our Texas injury attorneys always offer you a FREE, no obligation initial legal consultation/case evaluation. We’re available by phone at 281-369-4363 or online. Just fill out our convenient “Get Help Now” contact form.

On the Mushroom Poisoning at a California Senior Care Facility

And you may also have read the more recent news of California senior citizens who have been sickened and killed by eating soup containing a toxic fungus: a backyard mushroom. A caregiver in the backyard of a California senior citizens’ care facility apparently picked the mushrooms. And the deadly soup was prepared and served there.

So far three people are known to have sickened and another three are known to have died from the toxic mushroom poisoning. (Source: Cincinnati.com, 11/21/12) The families of the victims must be devastated to lose their elder relatives to such a foolish and unnecessary event. Our hearts go out to them.

Never Pick and Eat Wild Mushrooms

Non-toxic mushrooms are notoriously hard to distinguish from the toxic ones. And poisonous mushrooms have been used famously throughout history to remove inconvenient people. Some historians ascribe Emperor Claudius’ death to a toxic mushroom.

And from time to time, one reads of prominent members of wild mushroom societies sickening and dying from failing to properly distinguish one fungus from another. Our Texas injury attorneys caution: it is extremely foolhardy to pick and serve or eat mushrooms found wild in the backyard or any other place. Just don’t do it. You might be held liable for negligence should anyone become sick or die from your act.