Tyson Worker Covid Death Suits Rightly Sent to Iowa State Court

Families of four workers who died after allegedly contracting Covid-19 at a Waterloo, Iowa, Tyson Foods pork processing facility can move forward with their cases in state court, rather than the company’s preferred federal venue, the Eighth Circuit affirmed Thursday.

The families brought a pair of cases against Tyson and various officers and supervisors for fraudulent misrepresentation and gross negligence. They argue that in early 2020 Tyson failed to provide workers with sufficient face coverings or other protective equipment, failed to implement sufficient social distancing measures, transferred workers to the Waterloo facility without adequate testing or quarantining, and encouraged workers ...