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2 lawsuits in Foundation tragedy put blame on company servicing liquid nitrogen system

A tank marked Liquid Nitrogen sits outside Foundation Food Group along Memorial Park Drive. Hall County Fire Services and Gainesville Fire were called out to the plant around 10:12 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2021, to a report of burns at the plant where they discovered a large number of employees who had evacuated the building. - photo by Scott Rogers

01302021 PRIME 3.jpg — A tank marked Liquid Nitrogen sits outside Foundation Food Group along Memorial Park Drive. Hall County Fire Services and Gainesville Fire were called out to the plant around 10:12 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2021, to a report of burns at the plant where they discovered a large number of employees who had evacuated the building. - photo by Scott Rogers

Two wrongful death lawsuits were filed this week against a chemical gas company, alleging the business did not properly inspect or repair the liquid nitrogen system that led to the deadly Jan. 28 Foundation Food Group leak, according to court documents.