April 10, 2024
A North Carolina farm failed in its bid for a new trial following a $2.5 million verdict against it, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, as a worker who lost his foot to a grain silo auger had enough evidence to support the award.
January 12, 2024
A man who lost part of his right leg in an auger at a North Carolina farm has urged a federal judge not to grant his former employer a new trial, saying there was "ample" evidence supporting a jury verdict finding the farm was partially to blame.
December 15, 2023
A North Carolina farm is looking to undo a $2.5 million verdict finding it at fault for a former worker losing part of his leg in an auger, telling a federal judge that none of the evidence introduced at trial supported the jury's decision.
November 16, 2023
A federal jury found Thursday that a North Carolina farm and the three generations of family members who operate it were at fault for a former worker losing part of his leg in an auger three years ago, awarding him and his wife $2.5 million in damages.
November 07, 2023
A North Carolina farm intentionally removed a safety bar from an opening in the floor of a silo that led to a longtime worker losing his foot, a federal jury in Charlotte heard Tuesday during opening arguments in a negligence trial against the farm and its owners.