Family of Marshalltown meatpacking worker who died of COVID-19 sues JBS

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Des Moines Register: The family of a Marshalltown JBS pork processing plant employee who died of COVID-19 says in a lawsuit that the company was negligent in its initial response to the disease, including holding lunches for employees who continued to have good work attendance where they sat side by side, without masks or other apparent safety precautions. The lawsuit says the lunches were held on March 25, 2020, eight days after Gov. Kim Reynolds had ordered many businesses to close amid the start of the coronavirus outbreak and limited public gatherings.