A federal jury dominated that Tecno Poultry Gear was not at fault when a caging system at a Rembrandt Enterprises egg farm collapsed and killed a employee.

The case stems from a 2020 incident when Humberto Jesus Lopez, a subcontractor worker working for Rembrandt Enterprises, was buried beneath the collapsed caging system that was manufactured by Tecno Poultry Gear.

Rembrandt filed a swimsuit towards Tecno, alleging that Tecno was negligent in its supervision of the set up of the caging system at a firm facility in Rembrandt, Iowa.

The case was heard in an eight-day trial within the U.S. District Courtroom in Sioux Metropolis, Iowa, with the jury discovering Tecno not at fault.

In its swimsuit, the Sioux Metropolis Journal reported, Rembrandt alleged fasteners and brackets weren’t put in throughout the barn’s development, inflicting the system to break down. Nonetheless, Tecno was not the corporate that put in the system. However Tecno did have an obligation to oversee the contractor that did the set up, the lawsuit asserted.

Rembrandt, in its swimsuit, sought compensation for damages that included damages to the barn’s conveyor and environmental management programs, as nicely as losses for the interruption brought on by the accident.

The property of Lopez earlier filed a lawsuit towards Rembrandt, with the 2 events reaching a settlement in July 2023. The phrases of that settlement weren’t disclosed.

Rembrandt Enterprises, in line with the WATTPoultry High Firms Database, is the 36^th largest egg producer within the United States, with a flock of two million hens. The corporate produces standard and cage-free frozen, liquid and dried egg merchandise and precooked eggs. It provides egg components to meals producers, foodservice and pet meals producers.