Source: Josh Shafer, NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/14/18


A high-stakes, month-long trial against the world’s largest pork producer began Wednesday in Raleigh, asking jurors to weigh how badly hog waste can smell and whether the nuisance of being its neighbor deserves an award that could potentially run into the millions. The federal case against Murphy-Brown centers around Sholar Farm in rural Sampson County, 80 miles south of Raleigh, where eight plaintiffs living around dead-end Moon Johnson Road seek unspecified damages for years of odor, truck noise and flies.

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