Class Complaint Accuses Meat Processing Facility Of Coronavirus Failures

(August 20, 2020, 7:16 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California meat processing facility failed to take the steps necessary to protect its employees from the novel coronavirus, hid the initial cases among employees, pressured those who were sick to continue working and later "recklessly disclosed" the private health information of hundreds of employees who were infected, one employee alleges in a class complaint filed July 22 in a federal court in the state (Maria Pilar Ornelas, et al. v. Central Valley Meat Co., Inc., No. 20-1017, E.D. Calif.)....