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State attorneys general argued in a brief on Monday in the Eighth Circuit that a lawsuit alleging that Tyson Foods Inc. is at fault for its employees ....
State AGs Ask Eighth Circuit to Keep Tyson Foods COVID-19 Death Lawsuit in the State Court 4 hours ago State attorneys general argued in a brief on Monday in the Eighth Circuit that a lawsuit alleging that Tyson Foods Inc. is at fault for its employees deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic should be heard in the state courts. The governments agreed with the petitioners and the district court that the case should be heard in the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County. The lawsuit was remanded to the state court by Judge Linda R. Reade of the Northern District of Iowa in late December, following Tyson’s efforts to move the case to the district court and the plaintiffs motion to remand, which was filed in late August. Tyson quickly appealed the district court’s decision, claiming that because of President Trump’s executive order relating to meatpacking companies the lawsuit addressed federal questions. The district court, however, had ruled that this was no ....
Tyson Waterloo Plant COVID-19 Death Suit Remanded to State Court December 29, 2020 Northern District of Iowa Judge Linda R. Reade signed an order on Monday remanding a lawsuit alleging that Tyson Foods and its managers were at fault for the deaths of multiple employees at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant from the Northern District of Iowa Court to the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County. The plaintiffs asked for the case to be remanded in a motion filed in late August accompanied by a brief and affidavits from the plaintiffs. They explained that Tyson moved the case to the District Court based on the President’s s executive order and claims that the petition raised federal law issues; however, the plaintiffs purported that the executive order did not have a relation to the claims, which were based on actions that happened before the Order was issued. The brief said, “because Ms. Buljic, Mr. Garcia, and Mr. Ayala all contracted the virus, stopped wo ....
Tyson Says the Court is the âWrong Forumâ for COVID-19 Death and Workplace Injury Claims December 9, 2020 Tyson Foods told the Northern District of Iowa on Tuesday that it should not allow the plaintiffs to amend their complaint another time in a lawsuit alleging workplace injuries regarding the deaths of its employees from the COVID-19 virus because of Tysonâs policies. The companyâs response to the plaintiffsâ second motion to amend the complaint said the âPlaintiffs have repeatedly sought leave to amend their pleadingsâdismissing existing defendants, adding new defendants, and now seeking to re-add a previously-dismissed defendant, along with other changesâ in an apparent attempt to avoid the application of the IWCA (Iowa Workers Compensation Act) to their claims.â ....