The Iowa Supreme Court will allow families of four Tyson Waterloo plant workers who died of COVID in 2020 to go forward with negligence suits against executives and supervisiors, but not against the company.
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Relatives of Waterloo workers killed by virus seek to have lawsuit reinstated
Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig said the state is taking a holistic approach to testing during the latest bird flu outbreak, which has also reached dairy cattle herds in Northwest Iowa
“We understand the impact of this decision on our team members and the local community,” a company representative said.
Meatpacker tells the nation’s high court that companies “will not be so eager to willingly aid the federal government in a crisis” if those rulings that favor workers’ families are allowed to stand.
In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice has sided with Tyson workers on a key element of the case.
The Columbus Junction facility is planning to change its slaughtering methods from an electric-stunning process to use of carbon dioxide.
Company’s attorneys argue plant’s actions during pandemic involved federal mandates
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