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Our faith rests with the appeals court

Posted on January 30, 2020January 31, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

Statement from the NC Pork Council on the appeals to be heard in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 31, 2020:

All of agriculture in North Carolina is rightly alarmed by what transpired in the unfair trials brought …

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Statement on fifth trial verdict

Posted on March 8, 2019June 10, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

 

 

 

 

 

We are again disappointed that honorable North Carolina pig farmers like Joey Carter, who lawfully operate in a highly regulated industry, can be deemed a nuisance. We are equally concerned about the long-term impact that …

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Vitriol from trial lawyers is – absolutely – an attack on a blessed farm

Posted on March 7, 2019June 10, 2022 by Andy Curliss

In the closing moments of the nuisance trial this week, the Texas lawyer tried to persuade the jury that his ongoing attack in the courtroom, while seeking piles of money, isn’t about modern agriculture. That it’s not about pining …

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Farm groups demand justice for NC hog farmers

Posted on March 6, 2019January 31, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

A judgment stemming from a $50 million verdict must be overturned, farm groups told a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., yesterday.

Earlier last year, juries in three separate trials in Raleigh, N.C., awarded punitive damages of more than $500 …

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Trial lawyer asks jury to award tens of millions of dollars at close of latest case

Posted on March 6, 2019June 10, 2022 by Andy Curliss

It is difficult to find the right words to describe what was happening Tuesday as the Texas lawyer stood before a jury in Raleigh at the close of the fifth nuisance hog farm trial and pleaded for tens of millions …

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Statement – Sholar Farms verdict

Posted on December 13, 2018January 31, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

 

 

 

 

 

We have been concerned, from the very beginning, about the way these cases were tried and the threat they pose to our industry. It is gratifying to have a judge rule, as a matter of …

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Far from our farms, courtroom argument is detached from reality

Posted on December 8, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

This past week, as in previous nuisance trials, there was a moment when the Texas lawyer stood before the jury and attempted with all his might to ignite in them the passions of ancient division: To make these cases about …

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A stunning moment concludes fourth nuisance trial

Posted on December 7, 2018June 12, 2022 by Andy Curliss

The fourth nuisance trial is in the hands of a jury.

And so, now, we wait. We wait for a just result. We wait for the signal that, yes, facts and truth can and will prevail in a courtroom 100 …

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At new trial, it’s an old story: Tales being spun

Posted on November 16, 2018June 12, 2022 by Andy Curliss

A nuisance lawsuit against a North Carolina hog farm, the fourth in a series of trials, began Wednesday in federal court in Raleigh. This case involves a farm in Sampson County.

The Texas lawyer was back in town this week …

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Fourth circuit rebukes district court judge and overturns gag order

Posted on October 29, 2018January 31, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

In a sweeping ruling, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., overturned the gag rule issued by Judge Earl Britt just before the verdict in the second trial this summer. The gag order …

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