A federal jury says that two maintenance companies are not to blame for a fire that destroyed a turkey-processing plant in Postville.
The Davenport jury made its decision in a lawsuit over a fire that destroyed the Iowa Turkey Products plant.
The company’s insurance carrier, Regent Insurance Co., sued two companies hired to clean the plant, Packers Sanitation Services Inc. and National Service Company of Iowa Inc.
Regent claimed cleaning crews failed to shut down and lock out electrical and hydraulic power before starting their work, and the failure caused the fire.
The plant, which employed 350 people, was never rebuilt. It was a separate operation from Agriprocessors, another meatpacking plant in Postville
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