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November 20, 2009

Judge orders settlement meeting in Cintas case

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a meeting between Cintas Corp. and the widow of a former employee who is suing the company to try to settle her 2007 wrongful death lawsuit.



The order this week from U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul J. Cleary is a last attempt to settle the case before a jury trial would begin in April.



Amalia Diaz Torres is suing Cincinnati-based Cintas, claiming the company's plant managers knew about — and even encouraged — the dangerous working practices that led to the death of her husband, Eleazar Torres-Gomez, in 2007.



Cintas, the nation's largest uniform supplier, has denied those allegations, saying it never puts profits over worker safety.



During a meeting in March, both sides failed to reach an out-of-court agreement.

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