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Smithfield Foods Says It Settled Hog Farm Stench Suits

By Michael Phillis · November 19, 2020, 10:09 PM EST

Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday that it settled nuisance suits brought by hundreds of neighbors of its North Carolina hog farms after the Fourth Circuit affirmed the company's liability but ordered...

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Documents

Opinion

Case Information

Case Title

Joyce McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC

Case Number

19-1019

Court

Appellate - 4th Circuit

Nature of Suit

4360 Other Personal Injury

Date Filed

January 04, 2019

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