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Do Florida lawmakers want to make it harder to sue sugar farmers?
A state senator says environmentalists are misreading his bill. They say heâs responding to a recent lawsuit.
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Updated Mar. 8
When sugar farmers burn the cane fields near her house, Debra Jones knows what to expect.
âYouâve got to sweep when itâs going, and it just bothers me breathing-wise,â she said, describing soot falling on cars and sidewalks in Pahokee. âIt comes down like black rain.â
Debra Jones, 65, of Pahokee. [ Photo courtesy The Berman Law Group ]
Jones, 65, is one of several residents suing sugar companies, arguing that the burning hurts their health and their properties. Her lawyers say Jonesâ family uses nebulizers to make breathing easier during the burning season.
Do Florida lawmakers want to make it harder to sue sugar farmers?
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Florida lawmakers are trying to make it harder to sue farmers. They say it s to prevent conflicts between existing farms and city dwellers who moved in next door. But environmentalists fear it s actually to protect the practice of sugarcane burning in South Florida, which has resulted in a federal lawsuit.
Lawmakers put Florida s Right to Farm Act into statute decades ago to protect farmers from conflicts created by new neighbors. Whether that conflict result from the smell of cow manure or the clucking of chickens, neighbors can t say the farm is a nuisance if it s been operating for a year or more and wasn t considered a nuisance when it started. There are exceptions, but those are limited.