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Litigation

Jun. 14, 2011

Pesticide Defendants Flounder as Dole Exits

As Dole Food Co. Inc.settles the last banana pesticide lawsuits against it in U.S. courts, several of its corporate co-defendants are divided on how to proceed without Dole as the quarterback.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - As Dole Food Co. Inc. edges closer to settling the last banana pesticide lawsuits against it in U.S. courts, several of the corporate co-defendants in the cases are divided on how to proceed without Dole as the quarterback.


At a hearing Thursday, attorneys for Dole, along with plaintiffs' lawyers with Provost Umphrey LLP of Texas, told a state court judge they have made progress tow...

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