Judge rules no punishing Smithfield Foods for hog complex
RALEIGH — A federal judge in North Carolina is shutting down a lawsuit against a Smithfield Foods hog feeding operation by some neighbors who complained of odors, flies and noises.U.S. District Judge David Faber on Thursday declared there wasn’t enough evidence for those neighbors to pursue punitive damages.Jurors in Raleigh determined Wednesday that eight neighbors of a Smithfield Foods animal feeding operation in Sampson County should be compensated with […]
