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Emery Dalesio
AP Business Writer
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Smithfield Loses Another Hog Suit
Jurors determined the pork giant should pay $420,000 after four previous juries awarded nearly $550 million in penalties.
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Hog Nuisance Trials Get New Judge
Court records don't indicate why Judge Earl Britt, who's in his mid-80s and semi-retired, was replaced or for how long.
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NC Lawmakers Protect Pork Giant Hit By Verdict
The proposed changes to a state farm-protection law would block lawsuits alleging negligent or improper operations that create a nuisance.
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NC Brewers Prep Lawsuit
Beer-makers sued after they failed to change a law that forces them to hand over distribution should they sell enough beer to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool.
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Judge Slashes Pork Co.'s Penalty
The punitive damages were intended to punish a pork producer for smells and noise so bad that people couldn't enjoy their rural homes.
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Hog Processor to Pay $50M
Neighbors said the company's process of spraying effluent sends the smells and animal waste airborne, allowing it to drift into their homes.
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Suit Alleges Hog Processing Too Smelly to Live Near
The reason hundreds of North Carolina residents are suing in federal court is clear: it really stinks.
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Craft Brewers Sue Over Distribution Law
A law in NC says once they've sold more than 25,000 barrels in a year, they're required to give up pricing and sales control of their products to a wholesaler.
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Nuisance Hog Farm Trials
Neighbors of industrial-scale hog farms contend that they create intense nuisances like smells, flies and wind-driven spray that coats homes in liquefied excrement.