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Ruling From Bench, Calif. Appeals Judge Throws Out $2.3M Dole Verdict and Case

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories
Ruling from the bench in a Los Angeles case, an appellate judge today voided a $2.3 million jury verdict and threw out a pesticide-exposure case against Dole Food Co., due to “deliberate and egregious misconduct” by Nicaraguan lawyers who recruited Central American banana workers as plaintiffs. Due to the misconduct, the truth may never be known, said California Court of Appeal Judge Victoria Chaney. She found that the company and the court were victims of a massive fraud in which at least one American lawyer also participated, alleging that plaintiffs were sterile when they were not, according to the Associated…
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