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NC lawmakers move to protect pork giant hit by big verdict
NC lawmakers move to protect pork giant hit by big verdict

Legislators in the country's No. 2 hog-growing state on Tuesday stepped up efforts to shield industrial hog operations from neighbors who have complained for decades about the smell, noise and flies.

The move comes after a federal jury in April hit Smithfield Foods with a nearly $51 million verdict against an operation that forced neighbors to tolerate nuisance conditions. That was cut to about $3 million because the state limits damages for corporate misdeeds.

Read the source article at StamfordAdvocate

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