Right-wing Kroger manager in southwest Ohio bullied employee to suicide for wearing mask during coronavirus pandemic, lawsuit alleges
A Kroger storefront (FoodIndustry.com)
A lawsuit filed Monday Kenneth Seyfried v. The Kroger Company alleges that the manager of the grocery chain’s location in Milford, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, imposed and facilitated “disturbing, dangerous, and deranged conditions,” which resulted in the suicide of an employee.
Kenneth is the father of Evan Seyfried, a 40-year-old dairy manager and 19-year veteran of Kroger. He was “[a] dutiful Kroger employee [who] reported to work each and every day during [the coronavirus] pandemic ready to provide a quality, safe product, yet was tormented by his own superiors inside of the building that promised to keep all customers and associates safe,” said family attorney Austin LiPuma. “Evan was dedicated to this career with Kroger. In return, Kroger intentionally subjected Evan to torturous conditions t