Nuisance

Livestock, in a word, smells. Large-scale livestock operations, however, create more than just an unpleasant odor; they produce toxic waste; bring flies, pest, and rodents; and pollute the air in ways that can exacerbate people’s medical conditions, or create new ones. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) admitted in a September 2017 report that they had…

Back in June, a jury in North Carolina awarded a $50 million verdict in a nuisance case filed by 10 plaintiffs against Murphy-Brown, which is owned by Smithfield. At the time, we said that Smithfield should be worried, because the award could set a precedent. Two months later, another federal jury in North Carolina decided…

Nuisance claims are defined by statute under Arizona law. They are generally things that are offensive to the senses of a number of people. This is the type of case where a big company comes in and pollutes your water or pollutes your air, and entire communities are affected this. What a nuisance case is…

Despite their reputation, pigs are clean animals. If given enough space, they’ll stay far away from their own waste. They’ll clean off their food if there’s water nearby. And the wallowing in mud? Not only does it cool them down (pigs don’t have sweat glands), but it keeps ticks, lice and other parasites at bay.…

Most days, the first thing you notice when you get out of your car in Tonopah is the smell, and it hits you like a tidal wave. The caustic ammonia, the pervasive, musty funk of manure and blood, and the overpowering stench of chickens. Four million of them, to be precise. These chickens live in…