The mother of a Trulieve Cannabis Corp. cultivation employee who died in January 2022 after collapsing at work filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company, according to court records.
Lorna McMurrey, 27, died Jan. 7, 2022, after experiencing breathing problems while working at the Florida-based multistate operator’s cultivation operation in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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A report published Nov. 17 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that McMurrey died from “occupational asthma.”
In a complaint filed Monday in Hampden County Superior Court in Massachusetts, McMurrey’s mother, Laura Bruneau, claimed that her daughter’s “tragic and preventable death” was the result of negligence on the part of Trulieve and its contractors “with respect to the design and installation of the HVAC system.”
The suit, which seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages, alleges that the HVAC system “failed to properly ventilate the facility, and often leaked, causing
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