Minnesota Chipotle burrito bowl meal led to sepsis hospitalization, lawsuit says

A Minnesota woman hospitalized with sepsis after eating a Chipotle burrito bowl is suing the restaurant chain, alleging it served salmonella-contaminated jalapeño peppers that triggered a multistate outbreak now linked to more than 200 illnesses.Kristen Behne filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, seeking more than $75,000 in damages.According to the complaint, Behne ate a chicken burrito bowl from a Chipotle in Roseville, Minnesota, on June 24. Three days later, she fainted, developed a fever that reached 102 degrees and was hospitalized with sepsis. She was discharged on June 30 but says she has not fully recovered.Genetic testing tied Behne's infection to the broader outbreak, according to the lawsuit, and the Minnesota Department of Health classified her case as outbreak-associated on July 1.Public health officials have connected at least 110 illnesses in Minnesota and 212 nationally to the outbreak, which Chipotle has publicly attributed to a single contaminated lot of jalapeño peppers.

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