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Court Costs Add Salt to Wound
Thu Jun 25, 2009 06:39 AM CDT

OMAHA (DTN) -- Herman Schumacher was out doing some work in the field near his home outside Herreid, S.D., June 11 when he received a phone call from a U.S. marshal. He needed to go home right away so he could sign court documents. When he got there, "No Trespassing" and "Warning" signs were hung on his front door.

"I guess I was completely blindsided," he said. "I half-laughed it off until they required a sign on my door."

Schumacher and two other plaintiffs sued the major meatpackers in 2006 because they thought the ...

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