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Clark Kauffman

Clark Kauffman

Clark Kauffman is the Deputy Editor of the Iowa Capital Dispatch, a sister publication of the Virginia Mercury. Kauffman spent 30 years as both an investigative reporter and editorial writer at two of Iowa’s largest newspapers, the Des Moines Register and the Quad-City Times. He has won numerous state and national awards for reporting and editorial writing. His 2004 series on prosecutorial misconduct in Iowa was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.

Tyson asks U.S. Supreme Court to shield it from COVID-19 lawsuits in Iowa courts
By: - July 26, 2022

Faced with court rulings that say a Trump administration directive doesn’t protect Tyson Foods from liability caused by workers’ deaths due to COVID-19, the food giant is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the matter. Arguing that recent court rulings against the company will have “drastic consequences for the next national […]

Lawsuit: Tyson plant managers in Iowa bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19
By: - November 19, 2020

A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant alleges that during the initial stages of the pandemic, Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for work while supervisors privately wagered money on the number of workers who would be sickened by the deadly virus. Earlier this year, the family […]

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