Tyson’s Trump-Made-Us-Do-It Claim Set for Eighth Circuit Test

In its battle to keep a set of Covid-19 worker death cases out of Iowa state court, Tyson Foods Inc. is pinning its hopes on the argument it stayed open during the peak of the pandemic pursuant to President Donald Trump’s executive order.

The biggest U.S. meat processor will need to convince the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that statements made by Trump and those in his administration support the company’s claim it acted under the direction of a federal officer, and that the suits should stay in federal court. Leading its fight is former U.S. Solicitor ...