Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 8/8/18

Two upcoming lawsuits against Smithfield Foods' hog production division will be heard by a federal judge out of West Virginia, not the North Carolina judge who handled the first three suits against the company. Farms from one of those previous suits hailed the news this week as an answer to prayers, given complaints the hog industry has had about U.S. District Judge Earl Britt's handling of the cases. 

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