November 27, 2013
The owners of a California slaughterhouse agreed Wednesday to pay $3.1 million to settle claims that they defrauded the government by selling beef from mistreated cattle, ending a long-running lawsuit that previously served up an eye-popping, if symbolic, $500 million liability judgment.
May 02, 2013
A California federal judge on Tuesday largely refused to trim a False Claims Act suit against parties tied to a slaughterhouse that allegedly supplied the National School Lunch program with beef from sick and disabled cows, saying the U.S. had raised triable issues of fact.
April 05, 2013
Slaughterhouse financier Cattleman's Choice Inc. is still asking the court for partial summary judgment in a lawsuit over one of the largest beef recalls in U.S. history, insisting Thursday the government has the burden of proof to show damages over meat that allegedly came from mistreated cows, not the other way around.
February 04, 2013
Slaughterhouse owners fired back in a False Claims Act suit over the largest beef recall in U.S. history on Friday, asking a federal judge to rule that the U.S. government was not defrauded when it purchased beef that allegedly came from mistreated animals.
November 16, 2012
The owners of a bankrupt California slaughterhouse that was at the center of an animal abuse scandal prompting the largest beef recall in U.S. history have agreed to a total judgment worth $497.3 million, the Humane Society of the United States announced Friday.