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Disney, AIG head into arbitration on ABC’s settlement with BPI

By Dan Flynn on November 21, 2017

A federal judge has ordered AIG Specialty Insurance Co. into arbitration with The Walt Disney Co. in a dispute about a $25 million liability policy held by the ABC television network, which Disney owns.

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Looks like BPI got ABC’s insurance money plus $177 million

By Dan Flynn on August 10, 2017

The confidential settlement reached on June 28 between Beef Products Inc., and Disney-owned ABC News is not entirely a secret anymore.

The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly financial filing with the Securities and Executive Commission (SEC)…
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BPI settles with ABC over $1.9 billion defamation claim

By Dan Flynn on June 28, 2017

“The case is settled,” Judge Cheryle Gering told the jury Wednesday morning, thereby making the first public announcement that BPI and ABC Television had settled the $1.9 billion defamation lawsuit in a confidential agreement.

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Disparagement trial begins week 4; ABC News stands ground

By News Desk on June 26, 2017

The jury trial involving the South Dakota Agricultural Food Products Disparagement Act continues today, beginning its fourth week of courtroom action in Elk Point, SD.

Dakota Dunes, SD-based Beef Products Inc. (BPI) is suing Disney-owned…
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Week 3: BPI continues case against ABC in defamation trial

By News Desk on June 19, 2017

logo BPIThe $1.9 billion state civil defamation trial pitting Beef Products  Inc. against Disney-owned ABC Television and reporter Jim Avila enters its third week today in Elk Point, SD. The 12-member jury and four alternates—11 women…
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Beef expert says Avila called, but wouldn’t listen to BPI details

By Dan Flynn on June 14, 2017
On its website beefisbeef.com, BPI has links to several videos showing some of its facilities and describing food safety practices.
On its website beefisbeef.com, BPI has links to several videos showing some of its facilities and describing food safety practices.

Video depositions are being heard during this second week of the…
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Jury trial begins today in BPI v. ABC on the saga of ‘pink slime’

By Dan Flynn on June 5, 2017

ELK POINT, SD — A 12-member jury and four alternates, including 11 women and five men, are ready to hear opening arguments today in a $1.9 billion defamation trial scheduled to last eight weeks here…
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SD jury trial in BPI v ABC to start June 5, but without Diane Sawyer

By News Desk on March 16, 2017
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Union County Courthouse, Elk Point, SD

ABC Broadcasting and on-air reporter Jim Avila are being ordered to face a Union County, SD jury over a $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed by…
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BPI drops some defendants from ‘pink slime’ civil action

By News Desk on August 22, 2016

ABC news reporters Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila and American Broadcasting Companies Inc. remain as defendants in $1.2 billion lawsuit brought by Beef Products Inc. in Dakota Dunes, SD.   However, the beef company that pioneered…
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‘Pink Slime’ Lawsuit Gets Green Light for Trial As Product Demand Returns

By Dan Flynn on May 30, 2014

Lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) is back, and the lawsuit one of its producers has going against ABC News is not going away. It hasn’t been for lack of trying. ABC tried to get the…
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