Lawyers for a Boy Scout sickened by tainted meat while attending a camp in Virginia have filed a lawsuit against the meat's California manufacturer.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in Rockbridge County Circuit Court against S&S Foods LLC on behalf of Zachary Yost and his mother, Devon Drew.

The lawsuit says Yost attended the camp at the Goshen Scout Reservation in Rockbridge County from July 20 to 26. He ate hamburger meat while at the camp and fell ill on July 26. The suit says 84 people were sickened at the camp.

"Everyone deserves pathogen-free meat - in restaurants, grocery stores, and summer camp!" said William Marler, the plaintiffs' Seattle-based attorney.

A news release posted on the firm's Web site didn't specify the boy's hometown or the damages being sought.

A message left for S&S Foods seeking comment on the lawsuit wasn't immediately returned Friday.

Last month S&S Foods of Azusa, Calif., said it recalled 153,630 pounds of frozen ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7.

The strain has been linked by the Virginia Department of Health to the E. coli outbreak at the Goshen Scout Reservation, a popular summer destination for Washington-area Scouts for four decades.

S&S has said the beef was packaged at S&S's Azusa plant and sold to institutional customers throughout the U.S.

"Zachary has yet to test free of E. coli," marler said. "His body is still fighting the infection, and restricting what he can do. Meat companies need to step up to the plate and take responsibility for the effects their tainted products have on consumers."

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