Uncle Nearest owner replies to sanctions effort

About four weeks after a federal court denied a request for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection related to the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey lawsuit — and with the receiver in the case recently having termed the business as insolvent and seeking sanctions against the plaintiffs — the spirits company’s president has replied via her attorney.

Fawn Weaver art — Fawn Weaver
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Manier & Herod are representing Fawn Weaver — who, with husband Keith Weaver, owns Uncle Nearest Inc. Embroiled in the lawsuit with plaintiff Farm Credit Mid-America, the whiskey company has accumulated approximately $121.3 million of debt, thus spurring the legal battle.

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