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Nicaraguan DBCP exposure claims settled by Dole

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Nicaragua, USA
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  • October 7 2011

Dole Food Co. has reportedly signed a definitive settlement agreement that could conclude five U.S. lawsuits and 33 lawsuits filed in Nicaragua by banana plantation workers purportedly exposed to the agricultural chemical DBCP (1,2-Dibromo- 3-chloropropane

Eleventh Circuit refuses to recognize Nicaraguan court judgment for banana workers

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Nicaragua, USA
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  • April 1 2011

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court ruling finding that a $97 million judgment entered by a Nicaraguan court to compensate 150 Nicaraguan agricultural workers for injuries allegedly caused by workplace exposure to a pesticide is unenforceable under Florida law

Claims rejected: deregulation of GE alfalfa, lead in fruit juice, MDL transfer of “all natural” Skinnygirl Margarita actions, U.S. Supreme Court review of $97.4-million Nicaraguan judgment in banana worker exposure to pesticides

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Nicaragua, USA
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  • January 13 2012

According to news sources, the Center for Food Safety, which lost its challenge to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) decision to deregulate without restriction genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, plans to appeal the matter to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals