Claims Against Pesticide Company To Proceed To Trial for Allegedly Causing Explosion in North Carolina Peanut Plant
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina denied summary judgment to a company accused of improperly applying the pesticide Fumitoxin when fumigating a peanut storage dome. The bulk of the case that alleges $20 million in damages as the result of an explosion several days after the application of the pesticide will proceed to trial.