The family of a 92-year-old Kansas City man who died after eating contaminated  cantaloupe is suing for wrongful death.

Relatives of Paul A. Schwarz had filed a damage lawsuit against Jensen  Farms and distributor Frontera Produce after he developed listeriosis in  September after eating the cantaloupe.

Schwarz spent five weeks in the hospital and was in a nursing home before  he died on Dec. 18.

The Kansas City Star reported that attorneys for Schwarz filed the  amended wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Schwarz’s son, Paul F. Schwarz of  Independence.

Federal health investigators this fall linked cantaloupe from Jensen  Farms to 146 cases of listeriosis, which is a bacterial infection. Thirty deaths  and one miscarriage were reported. The number was tallied before Schwarz’s  death.

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If you or a loved one have been harmed by contaminated cantaloupe, please contact the experienced personal injury attorneys of Strong-Garner-Bauer, P.C. at 417-887-4300.