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
A stunning moment concludes fourth nuisance trial
Verdict #3: Statement of North Carolina Pork Council
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 …
Neighbors of hog farm on trial: Complaint doesn’t add up
In nuisance case, profit on trial
A North Carolina hog farmer takes the stand
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 …
At trial, facts can mislead
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 …