Man Sues Pilgrim’s Pride for Negligence after Wreck

MARSHALL — Jury selection begins Tuesday in a lawsuit alleging negligence by a Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. truck driver. Sheshank Gujjari, of India, is suing the company for more than $75,000 after he said he was injured Sept. 17, 2007, in a wreck on U.S. 259 involving a Pilgrim’s truck. Gujjari claims he suffered serious and permanently disabling injuries as a result of the wreck and is suing Pilgrim’s Pride for more than $75,000 in lost wages. He also is suing to cover the cost of his medical care. Jury selection begins Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Marshall. The trial is scheduled to end Thursday.

In October, Pilgrim’s was ordered to pay $26 million in damages for manipulating the price of chicken. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 90 chicken farmers in Arkansas after Pilgrim’s shut down a packing plant in El Dorado and refused to buy chickens from them.