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  • 'David versus Goliath mentality': Alabama man wins $70 million lawsuit against Tyson Farms

    04/09/2026 7:02:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    KSBW ^ | Apr 9, 2026
    Mark Griffin won a $70 million verdict against Tyson Farms after wastewater from the company’s Hanceville plant polluted the Black Warrior River in Alabama, leading to a flesh-eating bacterial infection that changed his life. Tyson Farms is a part of the Tyson Foods family of businesses. "I want the people who are responsible for the spill in the river to have to be held accountable for what they've done," Griffin said. The long recovery Griffin contracted flesh-eating bacteria from the Black Warrior River six years ago after a pipe malfunction at Tyson Farms’ Hanceville plant released hundreds of thousands of...