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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - The companies that grew, processed and marketed contaminated spinach that led to a nationwide E. coli outbreak last year have settled lawsuits in the deaths of three women.
The attorney for the families of Ruby Trautz, 81, of Bellevue, Neb., Betty Howard, 83, of Richland, Wash., and June Dunning, 86, of Hagerstown, Md., said the women died after eating fresh spinach bagged under the Dole label.
"They just didn't die immediately after eating it, but they got sick," said attorney Bill Marler. "But there's no question that it came from Dole baby spinach, or else there wouldn't have been a settlement."
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