Iowa Supreme Court lets families pursue executives in Tyson COVID case
The Iowa Supreme Court allowed the families of four Tyson Foods workers who died in 2020 to pursue claims against executives and supervisors for reckless disregard of risk, while dismissing direct tort claims against Tyson Foods and Tyson Fresh Meats under workers compensation law. The ruling cites the Waterloo plant’s handling of the outbreak as creating a basis for executive liability, with the plant's actions and later shutdown described in detail.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Tyson Foods Meatpacking
Tyson Foods Inc
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Black Hawk County
Jose Ayala
Isidro Fernandez
Sedika Buljic
Reberiano Leno Garcia
Iowa
Tyson Foods
Tyson Fresh Meats
Waterloo
Kim Reynolds
Covid
County Health Department
Health Department
Reberiano Garcia
OSHA
Injunction filed against Hawkeye Waste over workers' comp
Johnson County seeks temporary and permanent injunctions against Hawkeye Waste Systems and affiliates for lacking workers' compensation insurance after a October 2024 skid loader incident that killed operator Matthew Reuwsaat. The motion Names James Watts and Chris Watts as owners and asserts past and ongoing failures to insure workers. A July 16 hearing is set in Johnson County District Court.
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Johnson County
Hawkeye Waste Systems
Rachel Zimmermann Smith
Hawkeye Waste
Commercial Dr
Matthew Reuwsaat
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center
Reuwsaat
OSHA
Iowa Division of
Workers’ Compensation
Iowa Insurance Division
James Watts
Chris Watts
Mary Sheen
Chris Dohrer
Hawkeye
Watts Trucking Service, Inc
J.L. Watts Company
Watts Trucking
Iowa Division of Labor
Reuwsant
Iowa
Black Hawk Waste Disposal
Cedar Valley Recycling & Transfer
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
A-1
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Quad Cities
Scott County
Dohrer
Sheen
Gazette customer care notice for Memorial Day holiday closure
The Gazette announces the customer care office will be closed on Memorial Day. For subscription changes contact numbers 319-398-8333 or 800-397-8333 or email customercare thegazette com for assistance.
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