There’s a new ground beef in town. Its proud father is working to make sure folks know it for what it is. Ground beef. The father? Eldon Roth.
As far as I know, Roth didn’t enter the “Twilight Zone” to find his latest progeny. But, a line from Rod
Continue Reading Beach Beat: What’s in a name? Beef — drop the mic and label the hamburger
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.
Disney wants to tap ABC’s insurance to partially offset its payout to Dakota Dunes, SD-based Beef
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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 ABC Television and reporter Jim Avila under the Disparagement Act for calling its beef product
Continue Reading Disparagement trial begins week 4; ABC News stands ground
The $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 and five men—have so far heard only the live testimony or video depositions of plaintiff
Continue Reading Week 3: BPI continues case against ABC in defamation trial
Video depositions are being heard during this second week of the $1.9 billion civil defamation trial in Elk Point, SD, that BPI hopes will cause the
Continue Reading Beef expert says Avila called, but wouldn’t listen to BPI details
ELK POINT, SD – Mindy Brashears from Texas Tech University took the witness stand in the BPI v. ABC jury trial Wednesday. Under direct testimony, she was giving BPI a lot of traction, but that could change this morning when ABC’s attorneys get to continue their cross-examination.
Professor Brashears is
Continue Reading Beef safety expert says ABC got it wrong, wrong and wrong
ELK POINT, SD — Apple growers sued CBS News 28 years ago over just one segment on “60 Minutes” about the chemical Alar that aired on Feb. 26, 1989, and Texas cattlemen sued Oprah 21 years ago because she expressed her fears about Mad Cow Disease during just one of
Continue Reading Changes in media practices figure in beef defamation trial
