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
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
In nuisance case, profit on trial
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 …
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 …