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The families of at least 14 Iowa employees who died in the pandemic have sued the company over its handling of safety measures

The families of at least 14 Iowa employees who died in the pandemic have sued the company over its handling of safety measures

Multiple lawsuits filed against meat processing giant Tyson Foods by the families of employees who died of COVID-19 have bogged down in a legal wrangling over which courts should hear the cases — and it could take more than a year to resolve the issue before their cases even head to trial. Six families have filed four lawsuits against Tyson, which operates plants in several Iowa cities. They claim that in the early days of the pandemic, Tyson disregarded worker safety guidelines and even encouraged employees showing symptoms of the illness to come to work, which allowed the disease to ra...

Tyson lawsuits, filed by COVID-19 victims' families, on longterm hold for company appeals William Morris, Des Moines Register Gov. Kim Reynolds says state on track to vaccinate 1 million Iowans this week Replay Video UP NEXT Multiple lawsuits filed against meat processing giant Tyson Foods by the families of employees who died of COVID-19 have bogged down in a legal wrangling over which courts should hear the cases — and it could take more than a year to resolve the issue before their cases even head to trial. Six families have filed four lawsuits against Tyson, which oper...

REVEALED: 99% of COVID patients who entered an Iowa hospital in April either worked at a Tyson Foods meatpacking plant or lived with someone who did 99%  of COVID-19  patients who were admitted into an Iowa hospital in April either worked for Tyson Foods or lived with someone who did, report revealed As virus quickly spread in Waterloo, filling up hospital beds at the Peoples Community Health Clinic, officials noticed the staggering pattern in patients Staffers were also treating patients who had traveled from two hours away where an outbreak had shut down another Tyson plant in Columbus Ju...