Idaho Supreme Court upholds new trial in Wilder crop loss case

POSTED: 09:04 MDT Monday, May 5, 2008

by Associated Press

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The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a ruling granting a new trial in a lawsuit by a pair of Wilder farmers against J.R. Simplot Co.

The unanimous ruling issued Thursday upholds the decision of 3rd District Judge Gregory Culet.

Greg Obendorf and Boyd Gray sued Simplot and the Terra Hug Spray Co. in 2002, contending the companies were responsible for the improper application of herbicide to their asparagus fields, killing the plants and forcing the farmers to plow under the asparagus and replant with a different crop.

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