In October, 2008, 235 cases of E. coli O157:H7 were linked to a Harvey’s restaurant in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Health authorities fingered Spanish red  onions as most likely source of the outbreak
, and that poor sanitation of onion dicer may have prolonged the outbreak.

Justice Patricia Hennessy of the Superior Court of Justice approved a settlement earlier this month that would see class members receive between $1,000 and $7,250, depending on how long their symptoms lasted.

Under the settlement, some claimants who had symptoms for more than two days can be assessed to receive out-of-pocket expenses, including lost wages.

During the outbreak, 360 symptomatic people were reported to public health for investigation and 235 met the outbreak case definitions.

A total of 50 cases were laboratory confirmed for E. coli, three of which were secondary cases.

No deaths were associated with the outbreak, but 26 people were hospitalized, and one case of hemolytic uremic syndrome in a child was reported.