“We are a company that does the right things for our customers and we simply believed settling these claims was the right thing to do,” said company spokesman Chris Arnold in an e-mailed statement.
Terms of the settlements weren’t revealed. Reuters first reported about the settlements Thursday, citing Bill Marler, a lawyer for Marler Clark who’s representing clients affected by the incident. Marler couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
Chipotle shares fell 0.7% in morning trading Friday to $433.41.
Chipotle was forced to shut down some restaurants last year after an E. coli outbreak sickened more than 50 people in 11 states. A second outbreak of a different strain of E. coli in December affected five people in three states. Health officials also linked a Chipotle location in the Boston area in December to a norovirus outbreak in the region.
