Posted on Apr 20, 2022
Amazon faces two new lawsuits over deadly tornado at Edwardsville warehouse
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Two more lawsuits have been filed against Amazon and the companies that oversaw the construction of the Amazon warehouse where six people died in a tornado in December in Edwardsville.
A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed on behalf of Deon January, the mother of the late DeAndre Morrow, according to a news release on Tuesday from the attorneys for January.
Morrow, 28, died when the warehouse walls and roof collapsed in an EF3 tornado packing winds of up to 150 mph on Dec. 10. The building is on Gateway Commerce Drive near the intersection of Interstate 255 and Interstate 270.
A previous wrongful-death lawsuit was filed earlier this year on behalf of Alice and Randy McEwen, the parents of 26-year-old Austin McEwen, who died in the tornado.
The attorneys for Morrow’s family include Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney from Tallahassee, Florida, who is known nationwide for representing the family of George Floyd in its civil suit against the city of Minneapolis.
A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed on behalf of Deon January, the mother of the late DeAndre Morrow, according to a news release on Tuesday from the attorneys for January.
Morrow, 28, died when the warehouse walls and roof collapsed in an EF3 tornado packing winds of up to 150 mph on Dec. 10. The building is on Gateway Commerce Drive near the intersection of Interstate 255 and Interstate 270.
A previous wrongful-death lawsuit was filed earlier this year on behalf of Alice and Randy McEwen, the parents of 26-year-old Austin McEwen, who died in the tornado.
The attorneys for Morrow’s family include Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney from Tallahassee, Florida, who is known nationwide for representing the family of George Floyd in its civil suit against the city of Minneapolis.
Amazon faces two new lawsuits over deadly tornado at Edwardsville warehouse
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They made them work till it was too late instead of taking shelter when they were warned! I am usually not for lawsuits like this but in this case it is definitely warranted IMHO.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen There'd be Less Need of them if Corporations did the Right Thing. Making Workers, Work until the Tornado is On Top of them. Not building in "Safe Zones" in an Area Prone to Tornados.
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