Plaintiff attorneys representing the daughter of two individuals who died in a Georgia poultry plant incident in which six workers died and nearly 50 other employees were injured are contesting a settlement agreement reached in a wrongful-death lawsuit.

The incident happened Jan. 28, 2021, when a Messer-owned immersion freezer at Gainesville’s Foundation Food Group (FFG) poultry plant had an allegedly defective bubbler tube that allowed an overflow of liquid nitrogen in a freezer tank, sucking all the oxygen out of the air and causing the workers in the room to asphyxiate. Messer, a German-based company, is part of Messer Group, the world’s largest privately owned industrial gases business.

Kate Cook is the managing partner of the Cook Law Group in Gainesville. Courtesy photo Kate Cook is the managing partner of the Cook Law Group in Gainesville. Courtesy photo