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In lawsuit chatter, be wary of so-called ‘solutions’

Posted on September 3, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

We’re not sure if we should laugh or cry at the opinion piece published in the Fayetteville Observer under the name of Billy Richardson of Fayetteville.

Richardson is not only an elected state official. He’s also a lawyer. So it’s …

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Gag lifted. New attack leveled. We reject this vilification.

Posted on September 3, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

There is a deeply regrettable thing about lawyer and state representative Billy Richardson adopting, whole cloth, the arguments of the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the ongoing nuisance trials in an opinion piece.

It is this: He uses precious ink and …

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Gag order lifted – for now

Posted on August 31, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

Federal Judge Earl Britt on Friday lifted his gag order in the ongoing nuisance lawsuits.
The gag order was imposed in late June and had been challenged by a wide range of groups, including the defendant in the cases (Murphy …

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Onslow, Polk commissioners latest to support agriculture in face of ‘frivolous’ lawsuits

Posted on August 28, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

Leaders from across North Carolina are continuing to show support for agriculture and the 2018 Farm Act amid ongoing lawsuits, as their schedules have permitted.

The county commissioners in Onslow County and Polk County are the latest to show support …

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Developments in ongoing nuisance cases

Posted on August 25, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

Judge Earl Britt has entered an order in the cases, and other developments are underway, that would allow for three actions in the ongoing nuisance lawsuits:

  1. Appeals can begin on the first three trials, which is much earlier than previously
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Some cases will be handled by different judge, court papers say

Posted on August 7, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

Court papers filed in the ongoing hog farm nuisance litigation say that a new judge will preside over some trials going forward.

Judge David A. Faber, of West Virginia, has been assigned to what are known as the “fourth” and …

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N.C. and U.S. pork organizations oppose judge’s gag order

Posted on August 7, 2018January 31, 2022 by Andy Curliss

The North Carolina Pork Council has joined with the National Pork Producers Council to urge reversal of a judge’s order that seeks to gag communications about nuisance lawsuits filed against more than two dozen North Carolina hog farms.

The North …

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Verdict #3: Statement of North Carolina Pork Council

Posted on August 3, 2018June 10, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

Statement of North Carolina Pork Council

The verdict is outrageous.

The farms on trial were constructed in the mid-1990s.  Since then, each of the six plaintiffs in this case either moved to the farms or built new homes in that …

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In third case, a lawyer’s quest for millions is laid bare

Posted on August 3, 2018June 10, 2022 by Andy Curliss

“He that is of an Opinion that Money will do every Thing, may well be suspected of doing every Thing for Money.”

– From Benjamin Franklin’s 1753 “Poor Richard’s Almanack”

 

The Texas lawyer was deep into his closing argument …

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Give thanks for our farms, not condemnation

Posted on July 31, 2018June 10, 2022 by Andy Curliss

One of the hardest things about watching the third hog farm trial is to also watch a litany of courtroom distortions, especially about the people ultimately in charge of the farms at issue in this trial. It’s a group led …

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