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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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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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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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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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The Reptile vs. The Pig

Posted on July 5, 2018June 12, 2022 by Andy Curliss

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 …

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Neighbors of hog farm on trial: Complaint doesn’t add up

Posted on June 27, 2018June 12, 2022 by Andy Curliss

The truth about the nuisance lawsuit brought by a Texas lawyer against a North Carolina hog farm cannot properly be told by the activists, or the bloggers, or the media, or the lawyers and lobbyists paid to mischaracterize what has …

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In nuisance case, profit on trial

Posted on June 19, 2018June 10, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

There was a telling exchange in the federal hog farm trial in Raleigh.

It had to do with money – which is what this trial is all about.

First, a bit of background.

On one side of the courtroom are …

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A North Carolina hog farmer takes the stand

Posted on June 15, 2018January 31, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

It was something to behold in the federal courtroom – a Texas lawyer going after Duplin County hog farmer Joey Carter.

For three days, Michael Kaeske pounced, working and searching to trip Carter up on words and documents from decades …

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At trial, facts can mislead

Posted on June 5, 2018June 10, 2022 by Jen Kendrick

At the nuisance trial in Raleigh, Steve Wing was testifying about his views on hog farms.

Wing was both a researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill – and an officer in a nonprofit organization that filed complaints about the hog industry. He …

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