Allegation of a COVID-19 Betting Scheme Among Tyson Foods Managers on How Many Workers Would Get Sick Surfaces in Wrongful Death Lawsuit and Prompts an Investigation

Tyson Foods, known as the nation’s largest meat and poultry producer, is in hot water after its managers and supervisors have been accused of placing bets on the number of workers who would catch COVID-19. After the families of Tyson plant workers who died from COVID-19 filed wrongful death actions, Tyson conducted an investigation that led to the termination of seven managers. You can read more about the firing here: Tyson fires 7 managers at Waterloo pork plant tied to betting on how many workers COVID-19 would sicken . You can also read the latest proposed version of the wrongful death complaint here.

Sympathies to Oscar Fernandez, who is bringing the lawsuit on as Administrator of his father’s estate. And best of luck to the Estate’s lawyers: John Jay Rausch, Rausch Law Firm PLLC, Waterloo, IA 50704, Thomas P Frerichs, Frerichs Law Office PC, Waterloo, IA 50704-0328, and Gabriel Phillips, George Bryan Ulmer, III and Mel C Orchard, III, The Spence Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, WY 83001.

The case is in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa (Eastern Waterloo), Case #: 6:20-cv-02079-LRR-KEM.