Jack J. Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, filed a lawsuit against Amazon for its lack of safety measures following a predicted tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois, that killed six in an Amazon warehouse, and is questioning the timing of the departure of its worldwide head of safety, Heather MacDougall. Media reports have said an internal Amazon memo dated Monday, September 12, 2022, states...
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A federal government agency released a letter on Tuesday, April 25, 2022, that it sent to Amazon executives asking them to review their severe weather emergency procedures following an investigation into the tornado that struck a downstate Amazon Illinois distribution center Dec. 10 killing six people and injuring dozens of others. The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA) late afternoon on...
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Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices and attorney representing the family of a delivery driver for Amazon who was killed during a tornado at its Edwardsville, Illinois facility, discovered through a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that government-mandated engineers immediately dispatched to the scene after a deadly tornado discovered supporting columns improperly and inadequately holding up the 115,00-foot structure. Also, within three days of...
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Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices and attorney representing the family of a delivery driver for Amazon who was killed during a tornado at its Edwardsville, Illinois facility, discovered through a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that government-mandated engineers immediately dispatched to the scene after a deadly tornado discovered supporting columns improperly and inadequately holding up the 115,00-foot structure. Also, within three days of...
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In an exclusive interview with More Perfect Union, a non-profit national news organization, Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices, discusses revelations about Amazon’s liability in the devastating warehouse collapse in Edwardsville, IL. Casciato filed a lawsuit against Amazon in January on behalf of the family of Austin McEwen, age 26, one of six workers who was killed when a tornado leveled the Amazon facility...
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