“At Law.com, Amanda Bronstad covers suits by employees against Tyson Foods. The defendants in those cases have argued negligence claims are preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act. In the cases filed in Iowa, defendants also cited the workers’ compensation bar. Tyson opted out of workers’ compensation in Texas, the only jurisdiction in the United States in which that is possible …” (more)
[George Conk, Torts Today, 26 December]
First posted 2020-12-28 13:27:30
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