Source: Sara Brown, AGWEB, 3/8/19


As the fifth hog nuisance lawsuit against Murphy Brown LLC, a subsidiary owned by Smithfield Foods, finished closing arguments this week, an appeals court in Virginia received an amicus brief for the first lawsuit. The case currently ongoing is the second involving the farm of Joey Carter of Beaulaville, Va. In closing arguments, lawyer Michael Keaske asked the jury to award each of 10 neighbors to the farm compensatory damages of between $30 million and $50 million.

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