Product Liability
Jul. 9, 2010
Nicaraguans Try to Save Dole Case
A lawyer for six Nicaraguans who claim pesticides made them sterile accused Dole Food Co. Wednesday of exploiting a judge's concern for witness safety to get a lawsuit dismissed.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer representing six Nicaraguans who claim Dole Food Co.'s use of pesticides at banana farms in the 1970s made them sterile, accused the company during a hearing Wednesday of exploiting the judge's concern for witness safety in a bid to get her to dismiss the lawsuit.
During the first day of a three-day hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Steve Con...
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