Source: CITYWATCH LA, 4/1/19


Nationwide, including California, agricultural interests are likely breathing a collective sigh of relief after a North Carolina jury awarded a relatively low judgement to 10 plaintiffs in that state’s latest round of “nuisance” hog farm lawsuits. However, it would be premature to assume that farmers are in the clear: In North Carolina alone, close to 21 cases are on the docket with hundreds of plaintiffs still awaiting their day in court.  Nuisance litigation has taken on national implications in part because they involve “concentrated animal feeding operations,” or CAFOs. 

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