Smithfield Coronavirus Safety Suit Dismissed To Allow OSHA Consideration

Mealey's (May 6, 2020, 12:13 PM EDT) -- ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on May 5 granted a meat processing company’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect its workers at its Milan, Mo., plant from the novel coronavirus based on the primary jurisdiction doctrine in order to allow for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to consider the matter (Rural Community Workers Alliance, et al. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., et al., No. 20-6063, W.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78793)....