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Product Liability

Jul. 13, 2010

Witness: Dole Paid Workers for Stories

A filmmaker who secretly worked for a plaintiffs' firm representing Nicaraguans testified Friday that confidential witnesses who changed their story about pesticide exposure were given gifts and cash by Dole Food Co.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A filmmaker who secretly worked for a Texas law firm representing Nicaraguans who claimed Dole Food Co.'s use of pesticides in the 1970s left them sterile, testified Friday that several confidential witnesses who changed their story were given gifts or money by Dole.

During one filmed interview, a confidential witness - who at the time was unaware Jason Glaser was a...

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