Parties Make Dismissal Arguments In Crop Insurance Row Over Long-Pending Claims

(October 5, 2023, 8:47 AM EDT) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —  Arguing that “if this case is not ripe, it never will be,” plaintiffs who sued over crop insurance claims that they say have not been adjusted in more than three years mostly opposed a dismissal motion filed in Michigan federal court by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC)....