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Right-to-Farm Law Does Not Apply in a Recent North Carolina Hog Farm Dispute

Published: May 16, 2018, 3 p.m.

In this episode, Paul discusses the recent jury verdict in the North Carolina Hog Farm Nuisance Cases involving Murphy-Brown Farms.  The verdict initially awarded the plaintiffs $50 million in punitive damages, but this has been reduced to $3 million.  Prior to this decision, the judge had ruled that North Carolina's right-to-farm law did not apply.  Paul points out what language was at issue in North Carolina's law and how it might play out in another state.

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