DAKOTA DUNES BASED B-P-I HAS FILED A ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST ABC NEWS AND THE AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY FOR KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY PUBLISHING FALSE AND DISPARAGING STATEMENTS REGARDING B-P-I AND ITS PRODUCT KNOWN AS LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF.
THE 250 PAGE LAWSUIT WAS FILED IN UNION COUNTY DISTRICT COURT IN SOUTH DAKOTA THURSDAY MORNING.
DAN WEBB, CHAIRMAN OF THE WINSTON AND STRAWN LAWFIRM THAT IS REPRESENTING THE COMPANY, ALLEGES THAT ABC NEWS LAUNCHED A LONG TERM SUSTAINED VICIOUS ATTACK OF MISINFORMATION AGAINST BPI:
WEBB SAYS THE LAWSUIT TAKES ISSUE WITH THE TERM PINK SLIME, WHICH IS HOW MANY OF THE NEWS REPORTS REFERRED TO BPI'S PRODUCT:
WEBB SAYS HE WILL TELL A JURY THAT 30 YEARS OF HARD WORK AND PRODUCTION OF A GOOD PRODUCT WERE DECIMATED IN THE 30 DAYS OF ABC'S REPORTS:
THE COMPANY ESTIMATES IT LOST 400 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROFITS, SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR TRIPLE DAMAGES AS SPECIFIED UNDER SOUTH DAKOTA'S FOOD DISPARAGEMENT STATUTE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
A STATEMENT FROM JEFFREY SCHNEIDER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ABC NEWS, SAYS THE LAWSUIT IS WITHOUT MERIT AND WE WILL CONTEST IT VIGOROUSLY.
www.beefisbeef.com is the link to view the lawsuit.
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