A Burke County chicken producer targeted in a recent animal cruelty lawsuit is urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject the case. Lower courts have ruled in favor of the producer, Case Farms, and against the activist group Legal Impact for Chickens.
An animal rights group is petitioning the North Carolina Supreme Court to hear its lawsuit against a Burke County chicken producer. A unanimous state Appeals Court panel ruled against the group in May.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a chicken production operation and against animal activists in a dispute over state animal cruelty rules. The unanimous opinion Wednesday from a three-judge Appeals Court panel affirmed a trial judge’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit from a group called Legal Impact for Chickens.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will decide in the months ahead whether a Burke County poultry operation can be sued for its treatment of baby chicks.
North Carolina’s second-highest court wrestled Tuesday with a lawsuit targeting a Burke County poultry operation for alleged violations of the state’s animal cruelty law. Defendant Case Farms argues that an exemption in state law protects its operations from the suit.
