Lawsuits Pile Up For Iowa Egg Producer

An 11-year-old girl stricken with crippling nausea during a Fourth of July camping trip in California.

A 30-year-old woman hospitalized after eating pastry at a graduation party.

A child hospitalized for a week after eating banana pudding on a trip through North Carolina.

Three federal lawsuits filed on behalf of children and adults on the East and West coasts are seeking damages from Wright County Egg, the Iowa company linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened an estimated 1,600 people and prompted the recall of more than half a billion eggs.

Wright County Egg has not yet filed a response to the lawsuits, and the company's attorney could not be reached for comment Monday.

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