The summer outbreak of the disease in the Quad-City region are all related to people who have visited a McDonald's restaurant at 400 W. 1st St., Milan, Ill., this summer.
The Hepatitis A vaccine or a drug called immune globulin will be provided to the patient's contacts, said Theresa Foes, spokesperson for the Rock Island County Health Dept.
On July 21 Marler Clark filed a class action Hepatitis lawsuit on behalf of those who had to get shots because of the McDonald's outbreak. The lawsuit seeks compensation for those who had to take time off work to wait in line for a shot, pay for a shot, or both. Marler Clark also has filed two illness lawsuits against McDonald's Inc. and Kevin Murphy, owner of the Milan restaurant.
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