8 May 2020
Meat Processing Company Sued Over Plant Worker’s Fatal Coronavirus Exposure
The complaint said meat processing and packaging plants are particularly susceptible to the spread of infectious diseases.
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8 May 2020
Philly meat worker’s family sues over COVID-19 death. Suit says JBS boosted production in early pandemic with ‘Saturday kill.’
Lawyers for a veteran meat-packing worker who died of COVID-19 last month have sued his former employer, the meat giant JBS, accusing it of wrongful death and negligence over the Haitian immigrant’s fatal encounter with the coronavirus.
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8 May 2020
Protection Was Scarce at Meat Plant Where Worker Died, Lawsuit Claims
Attorneys for Enock Benjamin, of the Lower Northeast, said the JBS Souderton plant lacked masks and other protection for workers
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8 May 2020
Meatpacker Sued In 1st Virus-Related Death Case In Pa.
In what attorneys say is a first-of-its-kind case in Pennsylvania, the family of a deceased JBS SA meatpacking worker filed suit in state court Thursday alleging that unsafe conditions at a company plant outside of Philadelphia resulted in him contracting ...
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8 May 2020
Meat giant sued for worker’s COVID-19 death in Philadelphia
The family of a beef plant worker who died because of the coronavirus has brought a wrongful death lawsuit in a Philadelphia court against JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat company.
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8 May 2020
Which state saw the most COVID-19 cases among meat-processing workers?
Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention data shows Pennsylvania has seen the most COVID-19 cases among meat-processing workers.
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7 May 2020
First Pennsylvania COVID-19 Slaughterhouse Worker Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Today by Mongeluzzi Law Firm Against Industry Giant JBS
Beloved Employee Enock Benjamin Was Also A Union Official at the Souderton Plant
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28 Apr 2020
Investigators Issue Findings in Duck Boat Tragedy
Federal safety investigators say a duck boat sinking that killed 17 people on a Missouri lake in 2018 could have been prevented if the Coast Guard had followed recommendations made for years to improve the safety of the vehicles.
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28 Apr 2020
Following Scathing NTSB Hearing, Lawyers For Branson, Missouri Duck Boat Victims Press for Banning Death Trap Duck Boats In U.S.
Washington, D.C. (April 28, 2020) – Robert J. Mongeluzzi whose firm, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky P.C., represents nearly two dozen of the July 2018 Branson, Missouri duck boat disaster victims, including survivor Tia Coleman, whose husband and their three young children ...
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16 Apr 2020
Noted Maritime Lawyer Robert J. Mongeluzzi Says Carnival Cruise Line’s CEO “Seems More Concerned About His Sinking Stock Price Than Human Life” As Company “Rushes to Relaunch Beleaguered Fleet”
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 16, 2020) — Robert J. Mongeluzzi, the noted maritime trial lawyer whose team has represented passenger-victims in maritime disasters on vessels ranging from death-trap duck boats and unsafe dive boats to luxury cruise ships, today said the Carnival Cruise ...
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