Judgment Awards $100 Million To Tobacco Farmers

Source from:  wlky.com 12/21/2007

A final judgment in a 4-year-old lawsuit against the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association will give thousands of current and former tobacco growers about $100 million. The judgment will result in payments to more than 198,000 producers in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia. In a statement, the co-op said about $50 million will be mailed to farmers in early January, but the farmers' attorney says he hopes to get the first checks out this year. Enditem