French court orders pig squeal payout

AA French court has ordered a piggery to compensate a former worker who became deaf partly as a result of the incessant squeals of the animals in his charge, reports The Daily Telegraph.

A court in the western town of Lons-le-Saunier in the Jura region ruled that the Pelizzari group had committed an "inexcusable error" by failing to protect Serge Personeni from a work hazard.

The amount to be paid to the 59-year-old Mr Personeni, who worked there from September 2001 until February 2008, will be decided later after he is inspected by a doctor.

Read this AFP report published by The Daily Telegraph.