Mother sues Florida dairy farm, claims she lost fetus after raw milk led to bacterial infection

[In It to Win It]

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A New Smyrna Beach dairy farm was named in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she lost her fetus after falling ill while caring for her toddler, who became sick after drinking raw, unpasteurized milk.

Rachel Maddox is suing Keely Farms Dairy, which Florida health officials last week tied to at least 21 cases of E. coli and Campylobacter bacteria sickness from raw milk. Six of the 21 patients were children under the age of 10, seven patients were hospitalized and at least two cases have resulted in severe complications, the warning states.

“I became very ill and I mean the sickest I’ve ever been in my life,” Maddox told News 6’s Laverne McGee Thursday. “I came really close to dying and our (unborn) son did die. The doctors told me that I was lucky to be alive.”

The lawsuit — which also names the market where Maddox allegedly bought the milk — was filed Wednesday in Seminole County and claims Keely Farms shipped milk that contained Campylobacter and E. coli.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/08/14/mother-sues-florida-dairy-farm-claims-she-lost-fetus-after-raw-milk-led-to-bacterial-infection/

[lame54]

1. Sue RFK Jr. next

[Deuxcents]

2. Everyone knows the risks of drinking raw milk and it's amazing how many people in this story are sick

[Wifes husband]

3. Milk

Pasteurized milk has saved more people than we will ever know, but people have just got to have their "freedom".
This child's death is directly the mother's fault

[Deuxcents]

4. I agree..

[Ms. Toad]

12. No child died.

Are has a miscarriage.

[bif]

5. Drink at your own risk

[EYESORE 9001]

6. I drank raw milk very fresh from the cow occasionally in my youth

When visiting relatives with a dairy cow, that is. One relative kept a stainless bowl full of fresh milk in the fridge, covered with a cheesecloth most of the time. It was replenished daily. It was sublime, with a layer of cream at the top. It tasted amazing. To my knowledge, I haven’t had raw milk products in all the time since then. I’m not inclined to roll the dice now.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Did she drink it knowing it was unpasteurized? Because pregnant women are given all kinds of instructions about

what foods to avoid, and anything made with raw milk is a biggie. If you go against that advice and consume it anyway, I don't see how you would have grounds for a lawsuit.

[jmowreader]

8. At $12 per gallon she should have known

http://www.keelyfarmsdairy.com/price-list.html

Also, there's a picture of the jugs they put this in on their "about" page. It's clearly labeled "grassfed, raw Jersey milk."

[flvegan]

9. Idiots, the lot of them.

I have sympathy for the mother regarding her pregnancy. I'm not a monster.

Still an idiot.

[Attilatheblond]

10. Unless people from the dairy tied her down, put a funnel in her mouth and poured raw milk down her throat,

they are not liable.

[Greg_In_SF]

11. Well, it does say

"NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION" right on the container

Good luck with that lawsuit thingy LOL.

[Johonny]

13. Fetus should sue her for being a fucking moron