Man Wins $70M from Tyson Foods for River Bacteria

0:00It's March 31st, I'm Cory with the story. This is Birmingham News Today, driven by AI, a man from Walker County, Alabama just hit the jackpot in court, winning $70 million from Tyson Foods after picking up flesh-eating, bacteria in the Black Warrior River. Back in 2019, a busted pipe at their Hansfield plant dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of wastewater straight into the river, wiping, out an estimated 175,000 fish. Clark Griffin from Dora got sick soon after swimming there, landing him in the hospital for nearly 80 days with multiple surgeries to cut out, infected tissue, and part of his bowels. He took Tyson to court, and last Friday, a Walker County jury sided with him big time, handing down the largest verdict in the county's history. This case shines a light on how corporate slip-ups can wreck lives and rivers, pushing for tighter rules on what plants dump where.