Pork industry mulls aftermath of N.C. nuisance verdict

A $50-million award in punitive damages to North Carolina residents who live near a hog production facility has been reduced to $2.5 million. Senior U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt found May 7 that the state’s law capping punitive damages awards applied to the case, in which 10 residents sued Murphy-Brown LLC, a Smithfield Foods subsidiary, for diminishing their enjoyment of their property. Specifically, they said the “noxious and sickening odor” from Kinlaw Farm, which raises about 15,000 hogs on contract with Murphy-Brown, at times . . .

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