Husband of Flu Victim Files Lawsuit

May 19, 2009

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

UPI: The husband of a Texas woman who died of swine flu last month wants to sue

the world's largest hog producer and pig processor for her death.

Attorneys for Trunnell have filed a petition in district court seeking to

discover what role a Mexican pig farm owned by field Foods Inc. may have

played in the swine flu outbreak, the Austin American-Statesman reported

Wednesday.

" The conditions in which they allow this pig farm to operate ... would not be

allowed in the United States, " says attorney Marc Rosenthal of the Texas law

firm Rosenthal and .

Trunnell's wife, Judy, 33, was the first U.S. citizen to die of swine flu.

She had delivered a healthy baby girl by Cesarean section several days earlier.

Health officials said she had " chronic underlying health conditions " but her

husband said that was incorrect and his wife enjoyed excellent health.

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