Listeriosis outbreak: Tiger Brands pulled all stops to avoid settlement or trial - victims’ lawyers
Lawyers representing over 1,000 victims said additional evidence has emerged showing that the manufacturing giant was responsible for the outbreak in 2017 that claimed over 200 lives.
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JOHANNESBURG - Lawyers representing over 1,000 victims of the deadly listeriosis outbreak said Tiger Brands pulled all stops to avoid settlement or a trial before courts.
The attorneys said additional evidence had emerged - showing that the manufacturing giant was responsible for the outbreak that claimed over 200 lives in 2017.
September marks six years since the Department of Health declared the end of the outbreak that was traced back to a Tiger Brands factory in Polokwane.
Attorneys representing over 1,000 victims of the listeriosis outbreak are calling on Tiger Brands to compensate those whose lives were ruined after they or their loved ones consumed contaminated products produced by Tiger Brands.
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But a senior associate at Richard Spoor Incorporated, Thami Malusi, said the company refused to come forward for a settlement agreement.
Vima Ladevi Cotya, who contracted the virus while pregnant, lost her baby hours after delivery.
She said this was a loss that cannot be compensated for.
The attorneys said several other children who ate Tiger Brands-produced polony are still experiencing seizures and cannot speak properly due to various illnesses that they contracted.