Family Dollar
Published: Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:21 PM CST|
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Attorneys in several states are pursuing class-action lawsuits against Family Dollar due to the rat infestation at the company’s West Memphis distribution center.
Lawsuits have been filed in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Missouri.
Those are the states where Family Dollar closed more than 400 stores amid a voluntary recall of products that may have been contaminated.
Those products include human foods, pet foods, cosmetics, medical devices and over-the-counter medications.
Family Dollar issued the voluntary recall the same day the Food and Drug Administration issued a public warning last month, alerting the public to possible dangers.
Don Barrett, an attorney with the Barrett Law Group in Lexington, Mississippi, is one of the attorneys pursuing a class-action suit against Family Dollar.
“I mean the conditions in that plant, according to the inspectors, the government inspectors, were so filthy, it almost made you sick to read it. I don’t know how they could stay in there,” said Barrett.