Source: Craig Jarvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/13/18


A federal judge on Thursday brought the fourth hog farm nuisance trial to an abrupt halt by ruling that the plaintiffs presented insufficient evidence to impose punitive damages. The end to the month-long trial came after jurors on Wednesday returned verdicts in favor of all eight plaintiffs, who live near a Sampson County hog farm, and imposed compensatory damages of a little more than $100,000 in all. Jurors were expected to begin deliberating the punitive damages phase of the trial on Thursday or Friday, after hearing testimony.

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