Two women in separate states filed a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s Company on Friday, October 15, alleging that the Tarragon Chicken Salad Wraps they purchased and ate were contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, leading to their recent hospitalizations. Meanwhile, the number of reported cases continues to rise.
According to a press release from Marler Clark, the law firm representing Gayle Gottlieb of Pembroke, North Carolina, and Meaghan Egan Bright of Somerville, Massachusetts, both women suffered severe illnesses caused by infections that their local health departments said were part of a multistate E. coli outbreak.
“Ms. Bright spent a week at Massachusetts General Hospital in the worst pain of her life, keeping her family’s visits short because she was afraid of infecting them,” attorney Ilana Korchia said in a statement. “Ms. Gottlieb went to the emergency room twice in two days and left (for the hospital) the second time in an ambulance.”
Bright and Gottlieb experienced bloody diarrhea and intense abdominal cramping three to four days after eating their chicken wraps, the law firm said. Bright purchased her wraps at a Trader Joe’s in Allston, Massachusetts, while Gottlieb purchased hers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
An active investigation is underway by the USDA and FDA, which have said that ready-to-eat chicken wraps were the culprit behind at least 50 cases of foodborne illness in September 2026.
According to Food Safety News, the FDA has confirmed that the sandwiches are no longer available for sale, pulled from shelves and past their shelf life. But the agency has not provided details on which states the victims live in, their ages, nor where investigations into the outbreak are taking place. The agencies also have not named Trader Joe’s as the point of purchase, but Marler Clark is intent on exposing the retailer through its lawsuit.
“Trader Joe’s knows who made these wraps, what went into them, which stores received them and when they came off the shelves,” Korchia said. “None of that is in the public record. Discovery will put it there.”
Attorney Bill Marler, a partner at Marler Clark who specializes in prominent foodborne illness cases, has written two citizen petitions, urging the FDA to amend its disclosure regulations based on these cases. He wants the agency to begin revealing the identities of retailers implicated in an outbreak and to “publish the suspect food, the states, the hospitalizations and the cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome while an investigation is open.”
Trader Joe’s did not immediately respond to Parade‘s request for comment.
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