Workers Sue Alleging Deaths Due To Amazon’s Failure To Follow Pandemic Guidance

(June 8, 2020, 2:24 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC (together, Amazon) have failed to follow New York law and state and federal guidance during the novel coronavirus pandemic resulting in the death of at least one worker and workers’ family members from COVID-19, six employees of the Staten Island JFK8 fulfillment center allege in a June 3 complaint filed in a New York federal court (Derrick Palmer, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 20-2468, E.D. N.Y.)....