Amazon put ‘profits over safety’ in deadly warehouse collapse: Lawsuit

Published January 18, 2022 4:12pm ET



The family of an Amazon employee who was killed after a tornado ripped through an Illinois warehouse filed a lawsuit against his former employer, alleging that the company put “profits over safety.”

Austin McEwan, who operated as a delivery driver at the Edwardsville, Illinois, warehouse, died alongside five other workers on Dec. 10 when a tornado hit the facility. His family filed a lawsuit in the Third Judicial Court in Madison County on Monday, seeking damages from Amazon in excess of $50,000, alleging that the company did not take enough safety measures to protect its employees during the storm.

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