Tyson Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Covid Liability Ruling (1)

Tyson Foods Inc. has asked the US Supreme Court to consider overturning an appeals court decision that found a Trump administration executive order didn’t protect the meatpacker from Covid-19 liability lawsuits filed by the families of dead workers.

In a petition for writ of certiorari filed Friday with the high court, attorneys for Tyson argued the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred in denying Tyson’s claim.

In the petition and earlier appeals court motions, Tyson said that an April 2020 executive order to the Department of Agriculture essentially required Tyson poultry and meat plants to remain open ...