Seneca Lake Spray Park Litigation Continues: Class Action Notices to be Mailed

Thousands of victims of the 2005 Cryptosporidium outbreak at the Seneca Lake State Park Spray Park in Geneva, New York will be receiving Notices this week that they are eligible to participate in the pending class action lawsuit against the State of New York Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historical Preservation. Persons who wish to join the class action will have until September 7, 2007 to do so. The class action seeks monetary damages for class members.

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) July 13, 2007 -- Thousands of victims of the 2005 Cryptosporidium outbreak at the Seneca Lake State Park Spray Park in Geneva, New York will be receiving Notices this week that they are eligible to participate in the pending class action lawsuit against the State of New York Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historical Preservation.* The New York Court of Claims has authorized the mailing of Notices and the necessary documents for joining the class to approximately 3,500 persons who contracted Cryptosporidiosis and contacted a New York public health agency to report their illness. Persons who wish to join the class action will have until September 7, 2007 to do so. The class action seeks monetary damages for class members.

Victims of the outbreak who did not contact a public health agency regarding their illness will not receive written notice of the class action lawsuit, but are still eligible to join the lawsuit.

Individuals eligible to join the class include:

1.   All persons who experienced a diarrheal illness with onset 1 to 15 days after visiting the Seneca Lake Spray Park between June 1, 2005 and August 17, 2005;
2.   Persons who experienced a diarrheal illness with onset 1 to 15 days after exposure to a person who visited the spray park between June 1, 2005 and August 17, 2005; or
3.   Persons who had the legal obligation for medical bills incurred by a person who became ill with a diarrheal illness after visiting the spray park or exposure to a person who visited the spray park between June 1, 2005 and August 17, 2005.

All people who believe they are eligible to join the class action lawsuit against the State of New York in connection with the Seneca Lake Spray Park Cryptosporidium outbreak can access claim forms at www.SprayParkOutbreak.com, or contact class counsel:

Paul Nunes
Underberg & Kessler, LLP
300 Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 258-2800

Bruce Clark
Marler Clark, LLP, PS
701 5th Avenue, Suite 6600
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 346-1888

Don Boyajian
Dreyer Boyajian, LLP
75 Columbia Street
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 463-7784.

Class Action counsel is Marler Clark (www.marlerclark.com), a Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of bacterial, viral, and parasitic illness since 1993; Underberg & Kessler (www.underbergkessler.com), a Rochester law firm that together with Marler Clark has represented victims of E. coli, Salmonella, and hepatitis A outbreaks, including 72 victims of the Brook-Lea Country Club Salmonella outbreak in 2002 (Monroe County Superior Court Case No. 870-03); and Dreyer Boyajian (www.dreyerboyajian.com), an Albany law firm that represented members of a class action lawsuit in litigation resulting from the E. coli outbreak at the 2000 Washington County Fair (Saratoga County Supreme Court Case No. 99-3235).

*New York Court of Claims Claim No. 11361

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