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===Hepatitis outbreak===

====2018====

On 6 March, the Boyd County Health Department released an statement on '''[[Facebook]]''' declaring one employee working at two Waffle House restaurants was infected with hepatitis around 12 February through 28 February. Affected individuals had until 13 March to receive a post exposure vaccine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 Mar 2018 |title=Public Health Advisory |url=https://www.facebook.com/abchdky/photos/pcb.1618223544913033/1618223074913080/?type=3&theater |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=Facebook}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=Linda |date=8 Mar 2026 |title=Waffle House Worker in Boyd County, Kentucky Diagnosed with Hepatitis A |url=https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2018/waffle-house-workers-boyd-county-kentucky-diagnosed-hepatitis/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=Food Posioning Bulletin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Anna |date=7 Mar 2026 |title=Warning issued about possible Hepatitis A exposure at two Boyd County restaurants |url=https://wchstv.com/news/local/warning-issued-about-possible-hepatitis-a-exposure-at-two-boyd-county-restaurants |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=wchstv}}</ref> After the announcement, King's Daughters Medical Center received numerous calls from customers expressing concern and worry of possibly being exposed, however it was found that no customers contracted Hepatitis A.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colegrove |first=Andrew |last2=Hedrick |first2=Chad |date=7 Mar 2018 |title=UPDATE: Health professionals open hotline for Hepatitis concerns |url=https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Restaurant-worker-in-Boyd-County-Ky-diagnosed-with-Hepatitis-A-476124243.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=WSAZ}}</ref> On 20 March, Waffle House along with Riverside Restaurant Group, LLC, Wh Capital,LLC, and other unknown defendants  was faced with a class action lawsuit from four alleged victims<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Apr 2026 |title=UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY NORTHERN DIVISION at ASHLAND |url=https://www.classaction.org/media/diamond-et-al-v-waffle-house-inc-et-al.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=ClassAction}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Apr 2026 |title=Diamond et al v. Waffle House, Inc. et al, No. 0:2018cv00049 - Document 25 (E.D. Ky. 2018) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/kentucky/kyedce/0:2018cv00049/85782/25/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=Justia Law}}</ref>, however. it was dismissed on 13 June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilhoit |first=Henry |date=22 Dec 2025 |title=Diamond v. Waffle House, Inc. (0:18-cv-00049) |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7883761/idb/diamond-v-waffle-house-inc/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 Apr 2026 |website=Courtlistener}}</ref>