OTHER NEWS - Feb. 17, 1994

Foodmaker Settles Poisoning Suit: The San Diego-based parent of the Jack in the Box fast-food chain agreed to pay $1.3 million to the family of a 2-year-old boy who died from eating tainted hamburger. More than 600 cases of E. coli bacterial poisoning were reported in Washington and Nevada during an outbreak that began in late 1992. A Foodmaker spokeswoman said fewer than 20 poisoning lawsuits remain and that “several dozen” cases, including the four involving deaths, have been resolved.