[SEL] Quick question

[Richard Knapp]

Are you in a right to farm state?  What is your operation like? Is it a 
CAFO?

Richard

On 11/12/2015 9:06 PM, ATIS wrote:
> Just a quick question:    I have a completely legal farm:   Properly zoned, above the minimum size, and part of an agricultural district.    I am constantly getting sued by the mac-mansion neighbors around me.   They always lose and in fact the last time the judge dismissed "with prejudice".   I assumed that would keep anyone from suing but it doesn't.   It just means I  win but I still have to spend money to defend it.  In fact, I was served yet again with a lawsuit early this week.
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> In short:  There does not seem to be a disincentive built into the system to prevent suits - even if I keep winning.  My legal team - who keeps winning so I am biased towards listening - says filing a suit against the neighbors for frivolous lawsuits would probably fail.  They say the court requires "malice and callous disregard for the merits" for that to stick and it's a high bar to prove.  The fact they won't take that on contingency sort of proves to me they believe what they say.  A second opinion I sought supported their position.
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> Anyone else who is farming on this list that is running up against this?   Just curious.   The legal bills are becoming onerous and everyone I talk to locally has not seen this.
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