Opinion: Cooper rightly vetoes bill that would cap lawsuits against hog farms
Story Date: 5/8/2017

 

Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/5/17

It is a classic piece of special interest legislation, more outrageous than most. And Gov. Roy Cooper has thankfully vetoed it.
A bill passed by Republicans in the General Assembly would have installed in the legal system some outrageous protections against lawsuits by neighbors of hog and poultry farms. Neighbors of such operations have long complained of the odors being a nuisance...

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