Parent Initiates Class-Action Lawsuit Following E. Coli Outbreak at Calgary Daycares

More than 100 toddler, pre-school children infected with a dangerous strain of the bacteria

A colorized 2006 scanning electron microscope image shows E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin that can cause illness. Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP

A class-action lawsuit has been initiated following what experts call a “historic” E. coli outbreak at nearly a dozen Calgary daycares, which sent up to 50 children to hospital and infected more than 100 children with the dangerous bacteria.

Calgary lawyer Maia Tomljanovic, who focuses on medical malpractice, personal injury, and professional negligence, filed the lawsuit on Sept. 8 at the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, with one parent serving as the representative plaintiff, reported the National Post.