McDonald’s Quarter Pounder gave me E.coli – now I’m suing

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A distraught customer affected by the deadly E.coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers is taking major legal action.

Clarissa DeBock told reporters she didn’t notice anything wrong with her meal while dining with her fiance at the Golden Arches in North Platte, Nebraska, last month.

But five days later, she began suffering from abdominal cramps, diarrhea and nausea, with symptoms becoming so severe on September 25 that she was rushed to hospital.

“I could just tell something was off from the cramps, just because they were so bad,” she revealed to NBC News. “You get cramps with the flu and stuff, but it was different.â€

Tests revealed she was infected with the E.coli O157:H7 strain – the same one linked to the latest outbreak.

The 33-year-old receptionist at a surgery center puts her illness down to the bacterial burger from the fast food giant.

“It’s just scary, I think, just because you trust them as a fast food place. You’re putting your trust in them to provide safe food,” she said.

In an updated food safety alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Oct. 25, there have now been 75 cases of E.coli linked to the outbreak, 26 of them new. There were also 22 hospitalizations and 1 death in 13 states.

The outbreak is believed to have come from raw onions used in the quarters of one of their suppliers, Taylor Farms – but authorities have not ruled out the possibility of hamburgers, according to reports.

The company — as well as other companies such as Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut — have removed onions from restaurants while officials investigate.

DeBock reportedly filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s on Thursday, seeking compensation for lost wages, medical bills and physical and emotional suffering.

She is thought to be the second person to sue the fast-food chain over the blast – a Colorado man punched her earlier this week.

Both plaintiffs are represented by Ron Simon, managing partner of Ron Simon & Associates, a food safety law firm, who told NBC that he is representing a total of 15 people who say their illnesses are linked to the outbreak, though only two Lawsuits have been filed.

Simon claimed that a client had sepsis and was in hospital for over a week.

“When you go to a restaurant, you’re trusting that the restaurant did everything it could to make you safe, but in this case, McDonald’s violated that trust,” Simon said. “I suspect it will be a long time before they get it again.”

The Post has reached out to McDonald’s and Simon & Associates for further comment.

Meanwhile, McDonald’s pulled Quarter Pounders from about 20% of its U.S. locations.

Stores in Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming and parts of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma have temporarily stopped using their current supply of chopped onions and ground beef, according to the CDC.

Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, told Today that it is still safe to eat at the beloved fast food chain.

“Food safety is our top priority at McDonald’s,” he said. “What’s important today is that we took action to protect the American public and promote public health.”