September 28, 2018
A North Carolina hog farm that a jury found guilty of illegally spraying urine and feces into the air asked a federal judge on Friday to vacate the verdict and $3.25 million punishment, citing a recently amended state law that shields farms from such lawsuits.
May 07, 2018
A North Carolina federal judge Monday overturned a jury's decision to award $5 million in punitive damages to each of the 10 neighbors who sued a hog farm owner for its failure to properly dispose of the animals' urine and feces, saying that state law caps the amount of punitive damages at $250,000 apiece.
April 26, 2018
A North Carolina federal jury on Thursday awarded more than $50 million to neighbors of a 15,000-head hog farm owned by the subsidiary of a Chinese corporation, siding with residents who sued the farm owner for spraying urine and feces into the air to deal with waste.