Hog Farm: New Trial Needed For ‘Misrepresentations’ That Led To $94M Award

Mealey's (November 16, 2018, 11:58 AM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — The operators of a hog farm on Nov. 14 filed a brief in North Carolina federal court calling for a new trial based on “misrepresentations” by the plaintiffs’ counsel in a nuisance and contamination case that resulted in a jury award of $473 million in damages, which the judge then reduced to $94 million (Ben Artis, et al. v. Murphy-Brown LLC, No. 14-237, E.D. N.C.)....