17 July 2010

NICARAGUA: U.S. Judge Throws Out $2.3 Million Dole Pesticide Lawsuit.

BWEEK/     A Los Angeles appeals judge threw out a 2007 verdict against Dole Food that had awarded $2.3 million to Nicaraguan banana workers claiming pesticide exposure. The judge said the lawsuits were the result of a pattern of “deliberate and egregious misconduct” by lawyers in Nicaragua who had recruited the plaintiffs.