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
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 …
Farm groups demand justice for NC hog farmers
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 …
Statement – Sholar Farms verdict
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 …
A stunning moment concludes fourth nuisance trial
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 …
At new trial, it’s an old story: Tales being spun
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 …
Verdict #3: Statement of North Carolina Pork Council
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 …
In third case, a lawyer’s quest for millions is laid bare
“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 …
Give thanks for our farms, not condemnation
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 …
The Reptile vs. The Pig
A lot of people want to know how in the world a Texas lawyer convinced a North Carolina jury that a responsible, well-run hog farm is a legal nuisance, punishable with a (soon-to-be-reduced) $25 million verdict.
The answer may have …