Smithfield Foods Inc et al v. United States of America

  1. May 22, 2013

    US Claims Immunity In $326M Suit Over Marine Flare Fire

    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.

  2. July 09, 2012

    US Can't Escape $326M Suit Over Fire Started By Marine

    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.

  3. March 22, 2012

    Smithfield Seeks $326M For Factory Fire Started By Marine

    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.