by Jen Kendrick | Jun 22, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
One way the Texas lawyer bringing the nuisance lawsuit has tried to turn facts upside down is by arguing, over and over, that the pork industry in North Carolina is stuck in its ways. Farmers use the same system they always have, he argues, and only the jury can make...
by Bra5c0 | Jun 1, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
The Texas lawyer leading the lawsuit against a division of Smithfield Foods is a master of the art of turning a fact on its head. When he gave his opening statement in the second nuisance trial, without a blink Michael Kaeske told the jury the neighborhood where the...
by Jen Kendrick | Sep 26, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
A state lawmaker’s claim that two rivers in North Carolina are among the “most polluted” in the nation has been rated FALSE by PolitiFact NC. But the real problem is not one misinformed lawmaker. It is false and misleading claims by environmental groups – groups that...
