Smithfield Workers Sue Over Covid-19 Exposure in Meat Plant (2)

Smithfield Foods Inc. is being sued for allegedly failing to protect workers from coronavirus at its meat-processing plant in Milan, Mo., after at least eight workers have had to stay home after showing Covid-19 symptoms.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Missouri, comes after reports earlier this month that hundreds of employees of Smithfield’s plant in South Dakota contracted Covid-19. Smithfield was forced to close that plant after it became the country’s leading hot spot. Also, workers at a Smithfield plant in Cudahy, Wis., raised concerns after that plant had more than two dozen confirmed cases.

The lawsuit seeks ...