Lawyers for ABC wanted the case moved from South Dakota to federal district court.

The lawsuit, filed by the Marler Clark law firm on behalf of the family of Robert Danell, blames the companies for the sale of “unreasonably dangerous” food that led to Danell’s death in 2010.

The poultry giant is seeking to recoup attorney fees from the New York-based Waterkeeper Alliance.

A federal judge has ruled that a Maryland farmer who raises chickens for Perdue Farms did not discharge pollution into a nearby river.

Valley Meat Co., headquartered in Roswell, N.M., is suing the federal government in order to begin horse slaughter operations.

Bruce Smith was one of the 750 people laid off by BPI when the company shut down three of its four processing plants that made lean finely textured beef.

Judge Lawrence L. Piersol recused himself from the case that is being heard in U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

The former owners of Hallmark Meat Packing Co. will pay $317,000 to settle a landmark federal fraud lawsuit over animal cruelty.

The The Waterkeeper Alliance filed a suit three years ago against farmers Alan Kristin Hudson and Perdue Farms.

The Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit in federal district court, charging that the National Pork Board struck an unlawful backroom deal with the National Pork Producers Council for the purchase of the iconic slogan.