Pennsylvania woman's family sues over her death after eating peanut butter [View All]

[PA Democrat]

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A lawsuit will be filed claiming a New Castle woman died and her husband was sickened after eating Peter Pan peanut butter that has since been recalled, WTAE Channel 4 Action News has learned.

The suit will be filed Wednesday in Lawrence County on behalf of Roberta and William Barkay, attorney Rob Peirce told Channel 4 Action News reporter Jake Ploeger.

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According to the lawsuit, the Barkays bought four jars of the peanut butter in late November, and William Barkay became hospitalized after eating some of it around Thanksgiving.

In early January, Roberta Barkay ate some of the peanut butter and became violently ill, according to the lawsuit. She died Jan. 30.

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