Tyson plant spill verdict: Alabama man awarded $70 million for flesh-eating infection

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A 2019 photo shows dead fish in the Mulberry Fork north of Birmingham, Ala. A wastewater spill from a poultry rendering plant in Hanceville killed an estimated 175,000 fish in 2019. On Friday, March 27, 2026, a jury in Walker County awarded $70 million in damages to a man who was injured after consuming contaminated water from the spill. (Photo courtesy Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper)

A jury in Walker County has awarded $70 million to a man who was injured following a 2019 wastewater spill from the Tyson Farms plant in Hanceville.

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