ORANGE COUNTY, CA \u2014 A man is suing The Kebab Shop and its supplier on behalf of his 3-year-old daughter, who suffered acute kidney failure after dining at the chain\u2019s Costa Mesa location, according to authorities. The Kebab Shop is involved in an ongoing E. coli outbreak investigation.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Gogue ordered chicken and a beef kofta plate from the chain, and his daughter, identified only as KG, ate the beef, his attorney said. She suffered diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and dehydration; developed hemolytic uremic syndrome; and spent 17 days in the hospital, according to a news release from the law firm.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit, filed in Orange County, alleges the girl is expected to face a \u201clife-long battle following her severe kidney injury.”<\/p>\n
Out of the nine sickened, six were children. Five of the total sickened were hospitalized, and two of those individuals had developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a severe complication that can lead to kidney failure.<\/p>\n
“E. coli O157:H7 is uniquely dangerous to children, with the potential to cause life-threatening Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, which is exactly what KG developed,\u201d Ron Simon, who is representing the family, said in the news release.<\/p>\n
Simon said the restaurant’s negligence was due to not thoroughly cooking the meat. Any bacteria will be destroyed if meat is cooked to 165 degrees, he said.<\/p>\n
Sales of the kofta were stopped nationwide on May 18, according to the restaurant chain.<\/p>\n
The Kebab Shop said in an update Sunday that Olympia Foods, which provided the beef and is also named in the lawsuit, is no longer among its suppliers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are deeply concerned that product from our supplier has been identified as the potential source of a foodborne illness outbreak,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOur thoughts are with those who have been affected by this outbreak. The health and safety of our customers is our highest priority.\u201d<\/p>\n
A message left with Olympia Foods by City News Service was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n
City News Service contributed to this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, CA \u2014 A man is suing The Kebab Shop and its supplier on behalf of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-335511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}