The family of a Publix employee who died after contracting the coronavirus alleges in a lawsuit that the supermarket company banned workers from wearing face masks at the start of the pandemic.
The lawsuit claims that at the start of the pandemic, Publix prohibited employees from wearing face masks and gloves despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urging people to social distance. "Publix was more concerned with protecting its sales and profits fabricating the excuse that customers would be 'turned off' by employees wearing masks," the lawsuit says."Publix intentionally chose to protect sales over the health and well-being of its employees and customers knowing that employees, especially a 70-year employee working next to a sick co-worker, such as Gerardo Gutierrez, would be exposed to COVID-19 and die.
Days later, he developed a fever and cough, the lawsuit says. On April 10, he was admitted to the hospital and on April 28, doctors called Gutierrez's family and told them that his condition had worsened.
Juliet_notRomeo Make them pay!
In the hospitals too.
Publix tagged em for you. Cause why didn’t you?
This should happen more. We should sue the heck out of people who are spreading the virus and killing people. No one can spread HIV and not get punished. Why should this be different. There should be a way to sue Trump for 230k deaths.
Sue Fauci (who said don't wear them). Then jail all lawyers.
That's a key case to keep an eye on.
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