May 22, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to throw out Smithfield Foods Inc.'s $326 million insurance suit over a massive plant fire caused by a military-issued flare, arguing the government has immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
July 09, 2012
A California federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the U.S. government launched by Smithfield Foods Inc. and its insurers seeking to recover $326 million in losses caused by a fire at the company's Wisconsin pork processing plant.
March 22, 2012
Smithfield Foods Inc. and its insurers on Thursday launched a suit against the U.S. government in California that they had previously filed in Wisconsin, trying again to recoup $326 million in losses from a fire at a pork processing plant that started when a U.S. marine fired a military-issue flare.