It is the third company to pay the State of Washington to resolve a lawsuit filed in connection with the lengthy price-fixing lawsuit over allegations of rigged prices paid to local poultry growers for decades.
The settlement frees Tyson from a lawsuit that includes 18 other chicken companies that allegedly colluded to drive up the price of chicken since at least 2008. The lawsuit claimed “the conspiracy” harmed about seven million state residents connected to the industry.
