Tyson Food Worker Says Company Failed to Properly Train or Provide Safe Workplace

MARSHALL, Texas – A former poultry worker for Tyson Foods Inc. says she suffered a concussion and serious back injuries as a direct result of the company's failure to offer proper training or provide a safe workplace.

Plaintiff Betty J. Stoker says in a complaint filed Jan. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that she has already incurred in excess of $200,000 in medical bills, and she is seeking reimbursement as well as damages for pain and suffering and future lost wages.

Stoker maintains, too, that Tyson had no valid workers' compensation policy at …