California Chipotle Patron’s Food Poisoning Suit Reinstated

A California college student allegedly sickened by a Chipotle chicken bowl got her food poisoning suit against the fast-casual giant reinstated, as a split California appeals court said she offered evidence from which a jury could link the food to her illness.

A plaintiff in a food poisoning case need not identify the actual foodborne pathogen that caused the illness to show the existence of a fact question on causation, the California Court of Appeal said in an unpublished opinion.

Christina Spellman alleged she and two friends became ill in March 2013 after eating chicken bowls from a Fullerton, Calif., ...