“OKAY BIG GUY, THE COST OF BACON JUST WENT UP” SAYS ANGRY PIG.
So you live next to a stinky 4,300 acre hog farm where approximately 200,000 hogs are slaughtered annually. Life could be worse. Not much you can do as a nearby homeowner right? Especially when you are faced with big business telling you they have done nothing wrong and to basically get used to it. Well, a group of homeowners in the State of Missouri said “hog wash” and decided to fight the power.
They hired a civil litigation law firm that agreed with the homeowners and decided to take the case and file a civil nuisance action. Whether the case was taken on a contingency fee basis or not has not yet been determined.
The Jackson County jury also agreed and came back with a HUGE award of $11,000,000 (yeah, thats 11 million bucks) in the ODOR NUISANCE CASE against the Defendant Premium Standard Farms, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods. The case was handled by the Speer firm and attorney Charlie Speer (click here for more information: http://www.closeanimalfactories.org/about-us/bios/charlie-speer/ ).
If you feel you have a strong legal case, and want to see if you can find a lawyer or law firm that may consider taking your case on a contingency fee basis go to http://www.contingencycase.com and “explore your legal options.” There may be a lawyer in your state, city, or county willing to take your case on a contingency fee basis.
