July 07, 2022
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday sent back to state court a pair of suits from a group of Tyson Foods Inc. workers alleging the company's negligence in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to them contracting the disease, saying the company was never operating under the direction of a federal officer.
May 10, 2022
A Fifth Circuit panel suggested Tuesday that Tyson Foods must show it changed operations in response to a presidential order during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep in federal court negligence suits brought by processing plant workers.
January 26, 2022
Tyson Foods Inc. has told the Fifth Circuit a pair of lawsuits accusing the company of wrongfully requiring employees to work without proper safety protocols at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic belong in federal court, because the company was following instructions from the federal government at the time.