Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 12/17/18


The plaintiffs are now four for four in the nuisance lawsuits facing Murphy-Brown and hog farms in eastern North Carolina. On Dec. 12, the fourth nuisance case that reached a jury verdict in a federal courtroom in Raleigh went once again in favor of the plaintiffs; three earlier jury verdicts also favored the plaintiffs. One bright spot in the fourth trial is that a federal judge ruled the plaintiffs are not entitled to punitive damages. The eight plaintiffs, who live near Shoar Farm, the Sampson County hog farm in the suit, were awarded just over $100 million in compensatory damages.

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