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Food Safety Litigation

The inspection records behind every food poisoning case

Complete government health inspection history for plaintiffs' counsel, defense attorneys, and expert witnesses in food safety litigation.

When a client gets sick at a restaurant, the health inspection record tells the story — past violations, inspector notes, prior critical findings, re-inspection history. That data is public but buried across hundreds of local health department portals. We've aggregated it, normalized it, and made it searchable across major U.S. cities. Get the full record in hours, not weeks.

The problem today

Sound familiar?

FOIA requests take weeks you don't have

Requesting records directly from health departments can take 30–90 days. By the time you get the documents, depositions are scheduled and discovery is closing.

Records are scattered across incompatible portals

A chain restaurant operating in multiple jurisdictions has inspection records in 10 different city portals, each with different formats, different search tools, and different retention policies.

Expert witnesses can't contextualize without comparative data

Knowing one restaurant had 4 violations is only meaningful if you know what other restaurants in the same city averaged. Comparative data is nearly impossible to pull manually.

Inspection records built for legal discovery

We pull health inspection data directly from city and county health departments across the U.S. — normalized into a consistent format with full violation detail, severity codes, inspector notes, and reinspection outcomes.

✓Full inspection history per establishment: every visit, every violation, every score
✓Violation text and inspector notes — the narrative behind each citation
✓Critical vs. non-critical violation classification with standardized severity codes
✓Reinspection timelines: how quickly violations were corrected (or not)
✓Multi-jurisdiction chain lookup: get all locations of a chain, all at once
✓Historical depth: 2–7 years depending on the jurisdiction
✓Incident-date bracketing: pull records from the 90 days before and after a claimed incident date
✓Comparable establishment benchmarking: see how the restaurant scored vs. similar venues in the same city
✓Court-ready export: PDF or Excel formatted for exhibit attachment
✓Coverage across major metros: Boston, NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and more

Pricing

Transparent pricing. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.

Case Record

Full inspection history for one establishment

$499per case
  • ✓Complete inspection history (all available years)
  • ✓Every violation with full text and severity code
  • ✓Reinspection outcomes and correction timelines
  • ✓Court-ready PDF export
  • ✓48-hour turnaround
  • ✓Covers all jurisdictions the location operates in
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Chain Discovery

Multi-location discovery for chain litigation

$1,200per chain (up to 25 locations)
  • ✓All locations in your target jurisdictions
  • ✓Pattern-of-practice analysis across locations
  • ✓Comparative scoring within the same city
  • ✓Expert witness-ready benchmarking data
  • ✓Excel + PDF deliverables
  • ✓72-hour turnaround
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Expert Retainer

Ongoing access for active litigation practices

$2,500/mo
  • ✓Unlimited case record pulls
  • ✓On-demand comparative benchmarking
  • ✓Priority turnaround (24 hours)
  • ✓Dedicated support for custom queries
  • ✓API access for case management integration
  • ✓Covers all cities in our network
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“We used to spend two weeks chasing FOIA requests before we could even assess the strength of a case. Now we have the full inspection history in 48 hours and we know immediately whether there's a pattern worth pursuing.”

Get the inspection record before your next deposition

Tell us the restaurant name, city, and date of incident — we'll pull a sample of the available inspection history so you can see the coverage before you order the full case package.