Owens v. CONTIGROUP COMPANIES, INC.

GARY D. WITT, Judge.

ContiGroup Companies Inc., Premium Standard Farms, LLC, and KC2 Real Estate, LLC (collectively “PSF”), appeal following a jury trial on claims of temporary nuisance which resulted in a judgment for damages in favor of Respondents. We affirm.

Factual Background

PSF, operate large scale hog farms in, as pertinent to this appeal, three Missouri counties (Gentry, Daviess, and Grundy counties). The Respondents in this case are fifteen individuals 1 who filed suit against PSF claiming the hog farming operation in Gentry County constituted a temporary nuisance.

As originally filed,…