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Due to a growing concern with a bacterium known as Vibrio vulnificus, oyster lovers should be on alert when it comes to eating oysters. It is simply no longer safe to eat oysters raw, especially if you don’t know which waters they came from, and how they were …

This story is about a real-life, flesh-eating bacteria. It’s called Vibrio vulnificus and I have written about it before because I have represented victims who got the disease from eating raw, untreated oysters.

I’m writing about it again because climate change is making it worse and its reach is expanding. …

If you are a person who loves oysters, then you probably LOVE oysters. There is an entire culture around eating oysters, especially around the Gulf of Mexico and on the east coast, where people gather friends and serve their oysters grilled, fried, baked, and raw.

But due to a growing …

I bet that headline grabbed you! While I am probably best known around Denver as a personal injury attorney who helps victims of car or motorcycle accidents, I also have developed a national practice as an attorney who helps victims of Vibrio vulnificus.

What is Vibrio vulnificus?

Let’s just …

Here’s a little-known fact about my career: I am considered a national expert on a very nasty bacteria that kills about 100 people a year.

What is this bacterium? It’s called “vibrio vulnificus.” How do you get it? By eating raw oysters, primarily from the Gulf of Mexico, …