North Carolina Supreme Court To Examine Smithfield Payments
North Carolina's highest court will weigh in on whether money paid by the world's largest pork producer for environmental restoration projects should go to public schools instead.
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Court: Schools May Be Due Hog Giant's Environmental Payments
North Carolina judges are setting up a court battle to decide whether the world's largest pork producer will keep paying for environmental projects as it promised 18 years ago, or if the millions s
Hog Nuisance Trials Get New Judge After 3 Industry Losses
The federal judge who's managing a series of North Carolina lawsuits accusing the world's largest pork company of creating nuisances for rural neighbors is being temporarily replaced.
Jurors Slap Pork Giant Smithfield With $25M For Nuisances
A federal jury on Friday punished the world's largest pork producer, deciding Smithfield Foods should pay two neighbors more than $25 million for unreasonable nuisances they suffered from odors, fl
Bill Blocking Future Hog Farm Nuisance Suits Finalized
North Carolina legislators have finalized tougher restrictions upon neighbors of hog farms seeking to sue for damages because of the stench and other nuisances coming from industrial-scale livestoc
Jury Hits Pork Giant For $50M For Hog Operation's Nuisance
A federal jury in North Carolina is awarding more than $50 million in damages to neighbors of an industrial hog operation responsible for smells, noise and other disturbances so bad they couldn't e