Liability Claims For Infection Trimmed Against Restaurant, Franchisor

(October 2, 2017, 9:15 AM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama federal judge on Sept. 28 granted a summary judgment motion by a franchisor and a management service provider and narrowed the claims against a franchisee and its oyster supplier in a lawsuit brought by a customer who developed a severe infection after consuming raw oysters at Wintzell’s Oyster House in Huntsville, Ala., and the customer’s wife (Jose Ruiz, et al. v. Wintzell’s Huntsville, L.L.C., et al., No. 13-2244, N.D. Ala., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159547)....