Powell v. Bulluck

WALKER, Judge.

Prior to filing their original complaint, plaintiffs Evelyn Powell and Morningstar Baptist Church, Inc. (Morningstar) and Concerned Citizens of Edgecombe II (CCE II), a group of Morningstar residents joined to oppose the operation of industrial-sized hog farms in the Morningstar community, requested and participated in pre-litigation mediation concerning a hog farm nuisance dispute against defendants. The mediation did not resolve the dispute, and on 11 February 1999, the mediator certified an impasse. On 15 June 1999, plaintiffs Evelyn Powell, Morningstar and others, including…