First Lawsuit Over the Jalapeño Salmonella Outbreak Names the Importer. An Illinois Woman Spent Three Days in the Hospital After Two Meals at a Springfield Chipotle.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois woman who was hospitalized for three days after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Springfield has filed the first lawsuit arising out of the nationwide Salmonella Javiana outbreak linked to fresh jalape o peppers, and the only company she has sued is the San Diego importer that brought the peppers into the country. Kayela Nance, of Ashland in Cass County, filed…