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Virus Outbreak Meat Plants Lawsuit

A sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa, on May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Civil rights attorney Tom Frerichs on Thursday June 25, 2020, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the estates of three Tyson Foods workers at its pork processing plant in Waterloo who died after contracting coronavirus. The lawsuit alleges the company knowingly put employees at risk during an outbreak and lied to keep them on the job.

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