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- Fraud Helps Dole in Nicaragua Banana Pesticide Case
- A couple of weeks ago a judge in Los Angeles threw out a pair of lawsuits against Dole Food Co. involving Nicaraguan banana workers who claimed they suffered health problems because of the chemical pesticide DBCP known locally in Nicaragua by the brand name Nemagon. The latest...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Dole Sues Creators of 'Bananas!' Documentary
- Dole has filed a defamation suit against the maker of the documentary "Bananas!" which covers a banana pesticide case brought by a group of Nicaraguans against Dole. Before the film came out, Dole sent cease and desist letters to the filmmakers and tried to persuade the Los...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
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- The cost of bananas. (Shell, Dow Chemical and Occidental Chemical face multiple lawsuits in 11 countries from banana plantation workers who say they were harmed by the worm pesticide DBCP)(Brief Article)
- IT DID the job. So it duly made them money. Now the worm-killing chemical DBCP, formerly used in banana plantations worldwide, may cost multinational companies hundreds of millions of dollars. Dow Chemical, Shell and Occidental Chemical face lawsuits fIT DID the job. So it duly made them...
- Research articles 1995-09-16
- Dole Food Company, Inc. Comments on DBCP Punitive Damages Verdict
- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that it is pleased that the punitive damages phase has concluded in the Tellez case in Los Angeles Superior Court. The jury awarded a total of $2.5 million in punitive damages against Dole to five Nicaraguan plaintiffs who claimed they...
- Research articles 2007-11-16
- Dole Food Company Inc. Announces Participation of Shell Oil Company in Augmented Worker Program for Honduran Banana Workers Claiming Injuries as a Result of Exposure to DBCP
- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that the participation of Shell Oil Company and certain of its affiliates in an augmented Honduran Worker Program, involving Standard Fruit de Honduras, S.A., the Government of Honduras and representatives of Honduran banana workers, has now been approved by all...
- Research articles 2007-08-16
- No longer safe at home: preventing the misuse of federal common law of foreign relations as a defense tactic in private transnational litigation.
- INTRODUCTION In an increasingly common litigation strategy, (1) plaintiffs in Patrickson v. Dole Food Company, (2) laborers in the banana industries of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama, brought a class-action suit in Hawaii state court against Dole Food and other defendants. (3) ...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
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