WAVERLY, Minn. — Little has changed on Harlan Poppler’s Waverly dairy farm since a jury awarded him $750,000 in damages caused by stray voltage. The verdict came March 19. The court also found that ...

JOHNSTOWN — A farmer is suing National Grid, saying stray voltage from the aging power distribution system that serves the farm is decreasing his cows’ milk production. The lawsuit was filed in state ...

Nuisance shocking — the unpleasant sensation that a person or animal can experience when they inadvertently get between an electrically energized point and ground — can be something of a mystery.

A Trempealeau County dairy farmer suing Xcel Energy for more than $6 million will try to convince a jury that stray voltage from the utility’s lines harmed his cattle. Paul Halderson, who with his ...