Harvest Hill owner says insurance is 'adequate'
Bolduc himself was not indicted on any criminal charges by an
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Lawyers who handle criminal charges against businesses said typically the registered agent for the corporation or a corporate officer would appear in court to enter a plea to criminal charges at arraignment.
"If I'm required to be there, I definitely will be there," Bolduc said Wednesday.
While rare in
As of Tuesday, Whipple said he was not representing
Despite
According to
The maximum fine allowed for conviction on a charge of manslaughter, a Class A crime, is
Before a sentence is imposed, a judge may direct the district attorney to "institute supplementary proceedings" in the case to "determine, collect and distribute damages to persons in the class which the statute was designed to protect who suffered injuries" arising from the crime if the judge were to find that a collection of small claims or other circumstances would make restitution by individual lawsuits impractical.
None of the nearly two dozen people injured in the
Bolduc said he was told he had been and is now "adequately insured" at his farm operations.
Nofsinger said she's been made aware that the farm has several policies with two insurance companies. One of the companies has a
Nofsinger said she was told that coverage among all of the policies in effect at the time of the incident total somewhere between
Asked about the criminal charges against Harvest Hill, Bolduc said, "I'm not sure there's anything I can say that would be helpful in any way to move it along or to eliminate or reduce the amount of hurt that everybody's already been through. I don't know what I could possibly say that would change anything that's already happened."
Bolduc is facing foreclosure on his farm as well as his home in
"I think there's a lot of folks who wonder whether or not we're going to continue to be in business or if this is going to be the end of us," Bolduc said. "Our intention is to continue to battle our way through this awful tragedy and continue on. It's part of the DNA of how I was raised. We don't lay down and we don't give up."
The safety record for Pumpkin Land is "excellent," Bolduc said.
"This has been an awful tragedy on many levels and with the help and support of the community, we'll work through this," he said.
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