by Bra5c0 | Jul 5, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
A lot of people want to know how in the world a Texas lawyer convinced a North Carolina jury that a responsible, well-run hog farm is a legal nuisance, punishable with a (soon-to-be-reduced) $25 million verdict. The answer may have nothing to do with pigs – and...
by Bra5c0 | Jun 27, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The truth about the nuisance lawsuit brought by a Texas lawyer against a North Carolina hog farm cannot properly be told by the activists, or the bloggers, or the media, or the lawyers and lobbyists paid to mischaracterize what has taken place inside a federal...
by Jen Kendrick | Jun 19, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
There was a telling exchange in the federal hog farm trial in Raleigh. It had to do with money – which is what this trial is all about. First, a bit of background. On one side of the courtroom are Joey Carter, a Duplin County hog farmer, and Murphy Brown LLC, which is...
by Jen Kendrick | Jun 15, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
It was something to behold in the federal courtroom – a Texas lawyer going after Duplin County hog farmer Joey Carter. For three days, Michael Kaeske pounced, working and searching to trip Carter up on words and documents from decades past. Importantly, the lawyer...
by Jen Kendrick | Jun 5, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
At the nuisance trial in Raleigh, Steve Wing was testifying about his views on hog farms. Wing was both a researcher at UNC-Chapel Hill – and an officer in a nonprofit organization that filed complaints about the hog industry. He died of cancer in 2016 and so his...
