Peanut butter death lawsuit filed in Lawrence County

February 21, 2007 at 7:30p.m.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The family of an Ellwood City woman has filed a lawsuit contending that salmonella poisoning from Peter Pan peanut butter caused her death.

The suit filed Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court against ConAgra Foods Inc. asking for damages in excess of $25,000. The suit was filed by William Barkay, as administrator of his wife’s estate.

Roberta Barkay, 76, died Jan. 30 at the Ellwood City Hospital, said the family’s attorney, Joe Bellissimo.

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