Source: BLADEN JOURNAL, 1/27/20


Bladen County’s economy is in the crosshairs of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week. At long last following months of briefs filings, delays and uncertainty, the court is scheduled to hear the case of “Joyce McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC” and multiple related appeals from jury verdicts and damage awards in hog farm nuisance litigation. Senior U.S. District Judge Earl Britt, a now 88-year-old from Robeson County appointed to the bench in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter, presided over the McKiver case and three of four others.

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